2024-25 Rocket Richard Trophy Odds: Which Oilers Forward Wins It?

The 2024-25 Rocket Richard Trophy odds board is wide open with Ovechkin still not back from injury and Auston Matthews missing a few weeks as he dealt with his own injury. Oilers sniper Leon Draisaitl leads the odds board at +365 but Sam Reinhart is right behind the German with +380 odds.

If you're hunting for more value how about taking Connor McDavid at an eye-popping +1750 to end the year as the league's top scorer?

NHL Rocket Richard Trophy Odds

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NHL Rocket Richard Trophy Odds Favorite: Leon Draisaitl

Drasaitl gets the edge because he's one of the league's best scorers and plays with Connor McDavid, the best passer in the game. Since the 22-23 season, McDavid has provided the primary assist on 44% of Draisaitl's 113 goals and 11 of his 20 goals so far this year. Playing with McJesus is a big reason why Draisailt is the favorite.

But to focus the talk back on Draisailt himself he's converting shots to goals at an incredible 26% rate. With 20 goals through 28 games, Drai is on pace to score 59 goals on the year a pace that should be enough to win the Rocket. Over the last three seasons, only one 60-goal scorer failed to win the Rocket, that was David Pastrnak in 22-23 when McDavid had 64 goals.

Playing with McDavid and scoring at a nearly 60-goal pace easily puts him in the driver's seat for this year's goals crown...unless McDavid decides he wants to win it. 

Rocket Richard Trophy Value Picks: Connor McDavid

Connor McDavid picked up his goal-scoring form with 11 in his last 14 games, putting at 14 goals on the year and scoring on 15.6% of his shots, which is just slightly above his career average of 15.2%, so what we're seeing from Davo is sustainable, at least for him.

We also have to consider that McDavid plays in a relatively weak Pacific Division with the bottoming-out Sharks who Edmonton still has four games against through the rest of the season. 

And don't forget McDavid is a player who's scored 154 goals over his last four seasons, winning a scoring title with 64 goals back in 22-23, if McDavid feels like putting in a Rocket Richard Trophy-winning season he will, even this late in the year.

Last 10 Rocket Richard Winners

Can you say “domination”? Alex Ovechkin has absolutely dominated this award for the last decade, winning it five times out of a possible 10. The torch has seemingly been passed on to Austin Matthews who has won it three times over the last four seasons.

NHL Players that have won multiple Rocket Richard Trophies

Let’s keep in mind that the Rocket trophy has only been around in the NHL since 1999 – in its 24-year lifespan, Ovi has a 37.5% share of the trophy. It makes the rest of our player’s two-time wins look like small achievements, which they’re not. The dominance of Ovechkin’s goalscoring is going to be felt in the legacy of this award forever.

NHL teams with the most Rocket Richard Trophy winners

Ovechkin accounts for every single Washington Capitals win on this table. With Ovi’s career winding down, we should see other teams on this list climb the rankings eventually (keep an eye on the Leafs), but it’ll take a while for Washington’s pride to be broken.

NHL Teams that have never had a player win the Rocket Richard Trophy

As a newer award, these teams just haven’t had the chance to win yet, especially when Ovechkin and Matthews have been hogging it recently. With so many top-class goalscorers across the league, this competition will open up slowly but surely.

NHL Rocket Richard Trophy Betting Trends

Now that Ovechkin's slowing down a bit, we've got a bit more to analyze when it comes to the Rocket. Of course, this is a newer award with less data than the others, but regardless here are a few betting trends that should help you choose the NHL's top goalscorer for the upcoming season.