Where Matthews has a bit of an advantage is that he started playing in the NHL at 19. Ovechkin started a year later because of the lock out. At the age of 26, Matthews is sitting at 350 goals with 28 games remaining. At 26 Ovechkin had 339. The next year was a shorten season so he was sitting at 371 goals going into his age 28 season. Granted Ovechkin had 3 consecutive 50 goal seasons.
The next 4 years for Matthews I think will determine if he is in this conversation still. If he can also have some consecutive 50+ seasons, he could be ahead by 50+ goals of where Ovechkin at the age of 30.
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