Washington Capitals’ Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin rose to second place in National Hockey League (NHL) history in the number of points scored in overtime games of the regular season.
On the night of December 21, Moscow time, the Capitals beat the New York Islanders with a score of 3:2 in overtime. Ovechkin made an assist. His assist to Dylan Strome in overtime sealed the win, giving the Russian player the 39th overtime point of his entire career in the NHL championship.
Ovechkin equaled Russian Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (39 points) in this indicator and shared the second place in league history. The record belongs to Canadian Penguins forward Sidney Crosby (43 points).
In the match against the Islanders, Ovechkin updated his personal record by extending his streak without scoring a goal to 14 consecutive games. The 38-year-old forward played in 29 games this season and scored only 18 points, 5 goals and 13 assists.
In total, the player scored 827 goals during his time in the NHL. The difference between Ovechkin, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history, and Wayne Gretzky is 67 goals.
Previously to Ovechkin given Advice on how to break a goalless streak.