Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin has set another milestone in the National Hockey League (NHL).
He scored the Russian first goal in the NHL regular season game with the Columbus Blue Jackets. Thus, Ovechkin opened the score in the NHL game for the 140th time in his career. This is an absolute league record.
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).
Former Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov discussed To Ovechkin, after reaching second place in the list of NHL snipers.