Russian captain of Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin in an interview “Sports Express” He expressed the opinion that he did not care much about Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in his career in the National Hockey League (NHL).
“With what emotions do I look forward to my 1,500th point in the NHL? It will be nice to get this many points. Let’s see how I react to this. This had to happen one day.
I don’t pay much attention to this. I’m just trying to play and do my job. We last saw Gretzky at the All-Star Game earlier this year. “We just shook hands because everyone had their own business,” said the Russian.
On the night of November 30, Washington defeated the Los Angeles Kings on the road in an NHL regular season game. Ovechkin left the field without scoring any points. This was the fourth consecutive match in which the 38-year-old Russian failed to score.
Ovechkin played 19 games in the NHL this season and recorded 5 goals and 7 assists.
The difference between the Russian player who scored the most goals in the league and Wayne Gretzky is 67 goals. In third place is Gordie Howe, who scored 801 goals during his NHL career.
Three Russian hockey players before translated Points in an NHL game.