Two goals by Alexander Ovechkin and a goal from Yevgeny Kuznetsov brought Washington a victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The meeting ended with a score of 3: 1.
The double allowed Ovechkin to enter the top 25 top scorers in the history of the league, writes Sport Express on January 1.
At the beginning of the second period, Pius Zuter, after the transfer of Russian Vladislav Namestnikov, brought Detroit forward, but then Washington managed to turn the tide of the match in their favor. His 11th goal of the season was scored by 29-year-old Russian striker Evgeny Kuznetsov. Then Ovechkin scored two goals within two minutes.
On account of his 754 goals in the NHL.
On December 17, it became known that Alexander Ovechkin topped the list of NHL players over 36 years old who scored the most goals in the first 30 games of the season.
At the same time, the Russian forward is in fourth place among all NHL players in terms of the number of pucks. Only Wayne Gretzky (894), Gordy Howe (801) and Jaromir Jagr (766) have scored more in the league. Ovechkin has 752 goals.
Source: IZ
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