Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin attended the match against Calgary Flames as part of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Washington won in the penalty shootout with a score of 3:2.
Ovechkin failed to make any impact. Thus, Alexander played his 1349th match in the league. In the matches played in the NHL, he surpassed Marcel Dion and became equal to Kirk Muller in this indicator.
This victory was the first of the regular season for Washington.
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 Gretzky is 72 goals. The Canadian has 894 goals and remains first among snipers in NHL history.
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