portal Hockey Writers released a ranking of the greatest players in the National Hockey League (NHL), which included Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals.
“Height: 192 cm, weight: 108 kg. Ovechkin has already scored over 800 goals and over 1,000 points in his career. The report states that the Russian forward is among the best and greatest players in the NHL today, despite being classified as “overweight” on the BMI scale.
Ovechkin, who played in 74 regular season games in the NHL last season, scored 42 goals and 33 assists. However, this did not help the Capitals reach the tournament’s play-offs. The Russian player currently has 822 goals scored in his NHL career. The difference with Wayne Gretzky is 72 goals. The Canadian has 894 goals and remains first among snipers in NHL history.
In the first game of the regular season, Washington will play against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The meeting will take place on October 14. The first match will take place at 2:30 Moscow time.
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