“Washington” in overtime beat “Ottawa” with a score of 3:2 in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL), a double of the Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin helped to win (42nd and 50th minutes). On Sunday, January 23, the correspondent of “Lenta.ru” reports.
Niklas Backström (62) also scored among the winners, forward Evgeny Kuznetsov scored an assist. For Ottawa, goals were scored by Thomas Chabot (2) and Zach Sanford (27).
Earlier in January, Canadian journalist Mike McIntyre shared his opinion about the Russian striker. He noted that Ovechkin shows absolutely no signs of slowing down and is getting stronger in his mature athletic years. According to the journalist, this makes the Russian a miracle of nature.
Including this game, Ovechkin scored 759 goals in the NHL regular season. He is still the fourth-best scorer in league history, ahead of the Russian Jaromir Jagr (766). Wayne Gretzky is the all-time leading scorer in NHL history with 894 goals. Second place goes to Gordie Howe with 801 goals.
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