Russian Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin is the fourth best National Hockey League (NHL) sniper in history, overtaking legendary American hockey player Brett Hull. This happened during the regular season match with the Buffalo Sabers, the Lenta.ru correspondent reports.
Ovechkin scored in the 29th minute, bringing his total NHL regular season goals to 741.
It took Ovechkin 1209 matches. At the same time, Hull scored 741 goals in 1269 games of the NHL regular championship.
Earlier, Olympic champion Darius Kasparaitis said that Ovechkin will break Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). According to the player, the forward is gradually approaching the 894 goal mark, at which the Canadian is.
Center striker Wayne Gretzky is considered the best NHL scorer in history with 894 goals, Gordy Howe – 801 goals and Jaromir Jagr – 766 in the top three.
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