Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin broke the National Hockey League (NHL) history record for number of shots.
In the NHL regular-season game against the Ottawa Senators (3:2 Overtime), Ovechkin failed to score, but took six shots into the opponent’s goal. Now he has 6211 hits in his career.
The Russian player beat Ray Burke with 6,209 career shots to top this metric.
It was previously reported that there was a Russian striker. known First star of the Ottawa Senators and the National Hockey League regular season match (3:2 Overtime). Ovechkin scored two points in this fight and twice assisted his partners: Evgeny Kuznetsov and Sonny Milano helped score goals.
The Russian forward goes after the greatest sniper of all time, Wayne Gretzky. Gordie Howe, second on the NHL’s top scorers list, is just one goal behind. Gretzky holds the NHL record with 894 goals.
On December 14, the Russian broke the 800-goal milestone in his NHL career and became the third after Gretzky and Howe to conquer this milestone.