Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game against the New York Rangers. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The meeting took place on the night of Friday, February 25, and ended with a score of 4:1 in favor of the rivals of the capital’s team. For Ovechkin, the goal was the 762nd in his career in the regular season. He closed the gap on Jaromir Jagr, who is third in the list of the best scorers in league history, to four goals.
In addition, in a match with the Rangers, Ovechkin caught up in the number of meetings held in the NHL with Russian Sergey Fedorov, who accounted for 1248 games. Ahead are two of their compatriots – Alexei Kovalev (1316) and Sergei Gonchar (1301).
Wayne Gretzky is considered the NHL’s all-time leading scorer with 894 goals. Second place goes to Gordie Howe with 801 goals.
Ovechkin has been with the Washington Capitals since 2005. In 2018, the hockey player together with the team won the Stanley Cup.
Source: Lenta
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