Washington forward Ovechkin scored a double and reduced the backlog from Gretzky to 86 goals
Russian Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored twice in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Buffalo Sabers. This was reported on the league website.
Now on account of the captain of the capital team, who ranks second in the list of the best snipers in the history of the NHL, 808 goals. Thus, he reduced to 86 goals the backlog of Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who hit the opponents’ goal with 894 times and leads the league in scoring.
Double Ovechkin did not help the “Washington” to defeat the “Buffalo”. The meeting ended in overtime with a score of 4:5.
Earlier, Ovechkin was recognized as the first star of the month in the NHL for the first time in two years. The last time this happened was in October 2021. In December 2022, the 37-year-old athlete scored 22 points in 15 games: 13 goals and nine assists.
Source: Lenta
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