The Russian striker of the National Hockey League (NHL) club, Alexander Ovechkin, rose to the 52nd place in the list of the best players in the league according to the number of games played, taking into account the playoffs.
The captain of the capital team went on the ice by dueling with the New York Rangers and is playing the 1477th game of his career. He surpassed New Jersey Devils player Kirk Muller.
The first period is now over. The score is 1:1.
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Ovechkin is already attending the 56th meeting this season. Because of the Russian 32 abandoned checkers and 22 assists. Ovechkin has scored 812 goals in his NHL career and is second on the all-time top scorer list.
Recall that Ovechkin previously took a short vacation from the club and flew to Moscow from the United States on February 14. He later announced the death of his father, who died at the age of 72. The 37-year-old hockey player returned to Washington base on February 22.
Former world champion in pair skating Alexei Tikhonov expression Support for Oksana Domnina, wife of 2006 ice dancing Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov.