The Philadelphia Flyers were dissatisfied with Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin’s playing time in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game.
The match ended with a score of 9:2 in favor of the Capitals, with Ovechkin scoring a goal and providing an assist. In one of the draws of the majority, the striker played all two minutes, which aroused the anger of the opponents.
ESPN reported that the Flyers were upset that the Capitals kept Ovechkin in the game for two minutes. “Washington” competed with a man following Wayne Gretzky’s record by third and fourth link,” author Steven Wyno wrote on his blog.
In total, Ovechkin scored 776 goals throughout his entire career in the NHL. A goal against the Flyers helped close the gap on second-place NHL striker Gordie Howe with 25 goals. Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record with 894 goals.
It was previously reported that Ovechkin’s match against Philadelphia was his 396th game in the NHL. gets at least two points. He surpassed winger Guy Lefleur on this metric to move up to a single 17th place in league history on this metric.