On December 22, in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL), Washington Capitals defeated Columbus Blue Jackets with a score of 3:2 in overtime.
Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin scored the game-winning goal in overtime to become the second player in NHL history to score 900 career goals (regular season and playoffs combined), joining Wayne Gretzky. The Canadian has 1016 goals scored.
The puck scored in the match with Columbus helped the Russians approach the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who tops the list of the best snipers in the history of the league. After today’s game, Ovechkin has 828 goals for his entire career in the NHL. The difference between the Russian forward and Gretzky, who holds the league record for the most goals in NHL history, is 66 goals. The Canadian football player has 894 goals in 1,487 matches.
In this NHL season, the Russian forward scored 6+14 points in 30 games in the regular season. He is the team leader in scoring along with Dylan Strome (13+7).
Previously Kaprizov brought Minnesota won the game against Montreal.