National Hockey League (NHL) Washington Capitals and Russian national team forward Alexander Ovechkin will miss the regular season game against the New York Rangers due to a lower-body injury. This was reported by the press service of the capital club. excitement.
On the night of January 12, in an NHL regular season game against the Seattle Kraken (1:4), Ovechkin made an assist, his 682nd career assist. Brad Park has another assist, the Canadian player ranks 65th in the relevant rankings.
The 38-year-old forward had to leave one of the training sessions due to illness after the Seattle match.
The Russian player played a total of 39 matches on the ice this season and recorded 8 goals and 19 assists. Ovechkin has a total of 830 goals in his entire NHL career. He is behind Wayne Gretzky, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history with 64 goals. At the same time, the hockey player failed to score a goal in the last four matches.
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