3 Seasons of Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin has now completed 3 full seasons in the NHL. He has scored 163 goals in those 3 seasons. He is currently tied for 506th on the NHL's All-Time Goals Scored List. So I ran a little analysis on where Alex stacks up against the top twenty players on that list. There were only two players among them who scored more goals in their first 3 full seasons.

Mike Bossy scored 173 goals and Wayne Gretzky scored 198. Gretzky scored an NHL record 92 goals in his third season. Behind Alex on the list is Joe Nieuwendyk with 147 goals followed by Mario Lemieux and Brett Hull who scored 145 goals each. That's some pretty good company if you ask me. Here's the list:

Player	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Total	NHL All-Time Rank
Alex Ovechkin	52	46	65	163	506
Wayne Gretzky	51	55	92	198	1
Gordie Howe	7	16	12	35	2
Brett Hull	32	41	72	145	3
Marcel Dionne	28	40	24	92	4
Phil Esposito	23	27	21	71	5
Mike Gartner	36	48	35	119	6
Mark Messier	12	23	50	85	7
Steve Yzerman	39	30	14	83	8
Mario Lemiex	43	48	54	145	9
Luc Robitaille	45	53	46	144	10
Brenden Shanahan	7	22	30	59	11
Jaromir Jagr	27	32	34	93	12
Dave Andreychuk	38	31	36	105	13
Joe Sakic	23	39	48	110	14
Bobby Hull	13	18	39	70	15
Dino Ciccarelli	55	37	38	130	16
Jari Kurri	32	32	45	109	17
Mike Bossy	53	69	51	173	18
Joe Nieuwendyk	51	51	45	147	19
Guy Lafleur	29	28	21	78	20