Ovechkin presently trails Gretzky in all-time scoring by 164 goals. If Ovechkin maintains at his current rate of 0.61 goals per game, it will take him around 268 games to break Gretzky's record. However, if Ovechkin were to play at a rate of 1.10 goals per game over the course of an entire season, he would score more than 3,843 goals in that time—more than enough to overtake Gretzky as the leading goal scorer in NHL history. In terms of percentage of goals scored, then, Ovechkin is currently on track to surpass Gretzky. In fact, according to stats from www.nhl.com/ice/reports/goals_per_game.html, Ovie has already reached this stage of the season with 10.6% of his team's goals gone through his net. That's first among all players who have appeared in at least one game this year. And while it may be somewhat subjective to say which player is better, it's hard to argue that either one is close to being outdone by the other when it comes to putting the puck in the net.