In the next game of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season, the Washington Capitals came out stronger than the New York Islanders.
The match, which took place at the UBS Arena in New York with the participation of 16,519 spectators, resulted in the capital’s victory with a score of 4:1, with a double goal from Caps captain Alexander Ovechkin.
This match for the 38-year-old Russian happened Ranked 168th, he managed to score two or more goals. By this indicator, Ovechkin is only behind Canadian forward Wayne Gretzky, who has scored two or more goals in 189 games in the NHL.
Ovechkin opened the scoring of the match with the goal he scored in the 10th minute of the first period, with an assist from Evgeny Kuznetsov, another Russian striker of the capital. Ovechkin also scored five seconds before the final siren. The striker broke the goalless streak that lasted for six matches.
Before facing the Islanders, Ovechkin had two goals and seven assists in 12 games of the season. Now, during his entire career in the NHL, the Russian forward has scored 826 goals. The difference with Wayne Gretzky is 68 goals.
Previously Alexander Ovechkin hit He is among the top three players after the game between Washington and the Islanders.