Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin scored the puck in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) against the “Winnipeg Jets”. Statistics are available on the league website.
The goal was the 757th for the Russian hockey player in the NHL championships. The athlete ranks fourth among the best snipers in the history of the league. Ovechkin came close to third-placed Czech Jaromir Jagr by one more puck. Now the backlog is nine goals. 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 became the sole leader of the NHL scorer and sniper race, gaining 55 points in 40 games of the season. The hockey player showed the second result in his career in terms of points scored during this period.
The meeting against “Winnipeg” ended with the victory of “Washington” in overtime with a score of 4:3. The capital team is in fifth place in the Western Conference standings with 53 points in 40 games.
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