Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin scored the puck in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Vancouver Canucks. Statistics are available on the league website.
The goal was the 756th for the Russian hockey player in the NHL championships. The athlete is ranked fourth among the best snipers in the history of the league. Ovechkin closed the gap on third place Czech Jaromir Jagr by one more puck. Now it is ten heads. Wayne Gretzky is the all-time leading scorer in NHL history with 894 goals. Second place goes to Gordie Howe with 801 goals.
Ovechkin also climbed to 24th place in the list of top scorers in the NHL, gaining 1374 (756 + 618) points. He is on the same line with Mike Modano, who scored 1374 (561 + 813) points.
Ovechkin has been with the Washington Capitals since 2005. In 2018, the hockey player together with the team won the Stanley Cup.
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