Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin became the fifth Russian to score over 70 points in the 2022/23 regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Ovechkin assisted in the Chicago game. In total he has 70 (40+30) points in the current draw of the regular season.
Nikita Kucherov, Kirill Kaprizov, Artemy Panarin and Evgeni Malkin have already reached 70.
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.
In a match with Columbus, Ovechkin scored his 820th disc. Ovechkin’s 74 goals remain in the league record ever held by great Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
formerly Ovechkin judicial It’s pretty cool that it’s the new league record for most regular season goals with at least 40 goals.