Two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov said Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin’s goalscoring record in the National Hockey League (NHL) could be the highest-profile event in world sports. TASS.
“I believe in Sasha. It is heading towards a record that will be the most notable event not only in hockey but in world sports. “Just a few years ago I would not have believed that Gretzky’s record could be broken,” Fetisov said.
On November 12, Ovechkin scored a double in a match against the Islanders. “The capital won with a score of 4:1.
After this match, the 38-year-old Russian has 826 goals in the NHL regular championship; According to this indicator, the captain of the Russian team ranks second after Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who scored 894 goals. Ovechkin has 68 goals left to reach his record.
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.
Ovechkin before reduced the gap Gretzky is on the list of the best snipers in the NHL.
Source: Gazeta
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