I took a deep dive into goals per game by season over the course of the careers of Gretzky and Ovechkin. It breaks down to about 3.5 goals per game over Gretzky's career and 2.9 for Ovechkin.
That is a truly massive difference. It means that to measure their accomplishments in equivalent terms. you would have to multiply Ovechkin's totals by 12%. In other words, in Gretzky's era, Ovechkin would be at 999 goals. It's truly amazing that he's so close to breaking the record in the same number of games as Gretzky.
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