Russian forward and captain of the Washington Capitals, Alexander Ovechkin, did not succeed in the match against the New York Rangers in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Thus, this match became the 17th consecutive match in which the 38-year-old Ovechkin did not score a goal in normal time. This last happened in the match against Columbus Blue Jackets on November 19 (4:3). And the Russian scored his last goal in overtime on December 22 with the same Columbus.
Ovechkin played in 32 games this season and scored 20 points, 6 goals and 14 assists.
In total, the player scored 828 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 66 goals.
The match between Rangers and Washington ended with New York winning with a score of 5:1. K’Andre Miller (twice), Artemi Panarin, Braden Schneider and Alexi Lafreniere scored for the winners. Panarin also had an assist. He was chosen as the second star of the match.
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