Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov turned to Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin after the 37-year-old hockey player became the second-highest goalscorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history.
“Hi Ovi. This is Kirill Kaprizov. Congratulations on beating Gordie Howe. Keep up the good work! I can’t wait to see Gretzky break his record. Congratulations!” said Kaprizov.
On the night of March 22, Moscow time, the Capitals lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets by 6:7 in the NHL regular season game. Before the meeting, the NHL and Washington held a ceremony in honor of Ovechkin, who scored his 802nd career goal on December 23, 2022, surpassing Gordie Howe (801) to become the second-best NHL goalscorer in history.
Ovechkin scored his 820th goal against Columbus. Ovechkin is 74 goals away from the league record currently held by Wayne Gretzky (894).
Alexander Kozhevnikov, formerly two-time Olympic hockey champion saidWhen Ovechkin broke Gretzky’s record.