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Russian hockey player and forward of the Washington Capitals NHL club Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals against Ottawa and scored the 155th double in his career.
He played a “unique match”, having managed to get ahead of the “legendary” Canadian Mario Lemieux in two indicators at once, Sport-Express reports.
As the newspaper notes, the Russian striker came out on a clean third place in the number of matches with two or more goals, overtaking Lemieux. The leader of Washington is only three doubles behind Brett Hull, although he is 34 behind the leader of the rating Wayne Gretzky.
In addition, Ovechkin beat Lemieux in goals in home games, and now the Russian has 376 goals on the Washington court.
Yesterday’s meeting ended with the victory of “Washington” over the “Ottawa Senators” with a score of 3:2, and Niklas Backstrom scored the decisive goal.
“How would I describe Backstrom’s goal? I call these “sexy goals”, ”RIA Novosti quotes Ovechkin.
Previously, he was recognized as the second star of the game of the day in the National Hockey League.
Source: Rosbalt
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