Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal in the match against the Vancouver Canucks in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting will take place at Capital One Arena in Washington. At 10 minutes of the second period, the score was 2:2.
In the match against the Boston Bruins the previous day (3:0), Ovechkin scored a goal and an assist. Thus, he increased his goal streak to 5 matches. Ovechkin’s personal record in the NHL is seven consecutive games with a goal scored (2005/06 season).
This season, Ovechkin played a total of 48 matches in the regular season and scored 13 goals and 23 assists in these matches.
The Russian continues to pursue Wayne Gretzky’s sniping record. The Moscow forward has 835 goals. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals in his NHL career; Ovechkin is currently 59 goals behind him.
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