Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin fell short of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) unparalleled success in power play goals.
On the night of March 25-26, in the NHL regular season game with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Russian hockey player slammed into the doors of his opponents while the Capitals were in the majority. For Ovechkin, who scored by playing on the numerical advantage, it was 299. Thus, he has one more puck to score up to 300 goals while playing with a numerical advantage. No one in league history has achieved such a mark.
For Ovechkin, this abandoned disc was the 42nd of the season. In addition to goals, the Russian player made 30 assists in 68 league games.
Now the Russian has 822 goals scored in his NHL career. Wayne Gretzky is 72 goals behind the greatest goalscorers in NHL history. Canada remains the first among snipers in NHL history, due to 894 goals.
It was previously reported that Pittsburgh Penguins is the forward of Evgeni Malkin. appeared He moved up to a clean 57th place on the list of greatest goalscorers in NHL history.