Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The match ended with Capitals winning with a score of 4:3. Among the winners, Belarusian Alexey Protas scored a goal and two assists. Russian Ivan Provorov scored one of the goals in Columbus.
Ovechkin has scored 827 pucks in his entire NHL career with Columbus. In this indicator, the difference with Wayne Gretzky, who holds the league record, is currently 67 goals. In third place is Gordie Howe, who scored 801 goals during his NHL career.
Ovechkin played in 15 games in the NHL this season and recorded 5 goals and 7 assists. Following the game against the Blue Jackets, Washington extended its winning streak to four consecutive wins. The team is in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
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