Minnesota Wild hosted Washington Capitals in the game played today in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The match ended with the victory of the hosts with a score of 5:3.
Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov was absent from the home team due to injury. It was reported that he will be away from the fields for 3-4 weeks due to the injury he received on March 9th.
As part of the capitals, striker Alexander Ovechkin scored three points. He transformed the majority by scoring his team’s first goal in the second period. He made a double in the third period and again secured the majority. A few minutes before the end of the match, Russia assisted Dylan Strome.
The 37-year-old Russian player has scored 39 goals and 29 assists in 65 games in total this season.
During his NHL career, Alexander Ovechkin scored 819 goals and was ranked second on the all-time top scorer list. Canadian Wayne Gretzky is in the lead with 894 goals.
On December 24, the Russian scored a corset and made an assist in the match against Winnipeg. It was the second puck that allowed the 37-year-old forward to beat the Gordie Howe record and move up to a clean second place on the snipers list in league history.
It was previously reported that Ovechkin beats Brett Hull in NHL goals for 37+ players.