Former Russian national hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk jumped at Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin’s chance to break Wayne Gretzky’s National Hockey League (NHL) regular championship goal scoring record. Kovalchuk quotes his words RIA News.
“I don’t think he was impressed by the talk of breaking records. Sasha can score ten goals in five matches. And everyone will speak differently. The team is in the play-off zone, they have their own problems, they are rebuilding, but Sasha is collecting points and leading the team. I am sure he will break the record,” said Kovalchuk.
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.
Previously reportedOvechkin resorted to vacuum therapy throughout the season.