Source: Mark Spector, Sportsnet.ca, October 24, 2019
EDMONTON — The ultimate 50-goal moment in this town still belongs to Wayne Gretzky, who scored his 50th in Game 39 back in December of 1981, a lunging Bill Barber watching from his belly as the puck skipped into a vacated Philadelphia Flyers net.
It was a time when 50-goal campaigns grew on trees in the NHL, with 67 separate 50-goal seasons recorded in the ‘80s, 55 in the ‘90s, but just 20 recorded between 2000 and 2010.
In the past seven seasons, the National Hockey League has witnessed just five 50-goal seasons — four by Alex Ovechkin and one (last year) by Leon Draisaitl.
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