Washington Capitals Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin’s double in the National Hockey League (NHL) game against the Ottawa Senators helped him get closer to achieving Jaromir Jagr in the number of goals in the league. Ovechkin reduced the gap from him to seven goals, Sport-Express writes on January 23.
Jagr is the third top scorer in history. The record of 894 goals belongs to Wayne Gretsky, who was nicknamed the Great. However, the Canadian has not played in the league for more than 20 years. Alexander has a chance to catch up first with Jagr (766), and then, possibly, Gretsky.
The match took place on January 22 in Washington at the Capital One Arena. The Washington Capitals hosted the Ottawa Senators. The hosts won the match in overtime with a score of 3:2.
According to the results of the game, Ovechkin was recognized as the first star of the match. The second goal of the game was his 759th in his NHL career.
After this game, Washington is in sixth place with 55 points in the Eastern Conference, Ottawa is in 15th place with 25 points.
Earlier, on January 21, Ovechkin came in third in the NHL in terms of the number of assists among Russians. The 36-year-old striker in the NHL regular season match against the Boston Bruins was marked by an assist to forward Evgeny Kuznetsov, and it was she who allowed him to reach third place in the league in this indicator among Russians. In total, during his career in the league, the athlete made 619 passes.
January 19 Alexander Ovechkin topped the list of top scorers in the NHL season 2021/22.
Source: IZ
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