Ovechkin scored against Pittsburgh and reduced the gap from Gretzky to 45 goals
Russian forward of the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin scored against the Pittsburgh Penguins in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
The meeting ended with a score of 4:1 in favor of Pittsburgh. The only goal of the capital team was scored by Ovechkin, the captain scored the puck in the 47th minute. He broke a four-game goalless streak and was named the third star of the game.
Thus, Ovechkin reduced the gap from Canadian Wayne Gretzky in the list of the best snipers in the NHL regular season in history by another goal. The Russian has 45 goals left to lead.
In total, this season, 38-year-old Ovechkin played 72 matches, in which he scored 27 goals and 33 assists.
Source: Lenta
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