Washington plays Anaheim in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game. Midway through the third quarter, Washington won 4:2.
The capital club scored all the goals in the first period. Never before have the Capitals scored four goals in a period of the current regular season.
At the end of the first period, Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin assisted Tom Wilson. For the 38-year-old Russian, it was the 1498th goal of his career in the North American League. He is now two points away from reaching 1,500 NHL points.
Ovechkin played in 20 games in the NHL this season and recorded 5 goals and 8 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.
Washington sits eighth in the Eastern Conference standings.
Ovechkin before broke the streak There are no points in the NHL.
Source: Gazeta
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