Athletic journalist Tariq El-Bashir, who has repeatedly interviewed the Russian captain of the National Hockey League (NHL) Washington Capitals club Alexander Ovechkin, spoke about the forward’s goals for the next three years.
“After this season, he has three more years left on his contract and he is motivated by chasing Wayne Gretzky’s record. But above all, he is driven by the desire to compete for the second Stanley Cup,” explains El-Bashir. Athletic.
In total, Ovechkin has scored 36 goals and made 25 assists in 61 league games this season. The 37-year-old Russian, who has scored 816 goals throughout his career in the National Hockey League, is second on the all-time top scorer list behind the legendary Wayne Gretzky, who scored 894 goals in the regular season.
For the 37-year-old Russian player, the 2022/23 season is already 18th in the international league. Ovechkin joined the Washington Capitals in 2005 and played for only one club throughout his NHL career.
Formerly The Athletic reporters Shayna Goldman and Dom Lushchyshyn published Here is a list of the main events in the NHL at the end of 2022, when Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin won the nomination for the “best moment” with his entry into the “800 club”.