On February 23, as part of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL), Washington Capitals defeated Tampa Bay Lightning with a score of 5:3.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Connor McMichael, Anthony Mantha, Rasmus Sandin and Connor McMichael scored among the winners. Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin made the assist.
For him, this assist was the 689th assist of his NHL career. Ovechkin moved clear into 64th place in league history, surpassing Henri Richard’s 688 points. The next benchmark for Ovechkin is now the result of Sergei Fedorov (696). Among Russians, only Evgeni Malkin (785) had more assists.
Ovechkin extended his point streak to 10 games in the current NHL season. He played in 52 matches, scoring 16 goals and 26 assists. The Russian continues to pursue legendary Canadian Wayne Gretzky in the race to find the best snipers in league history. Gretzky scored 894 goals in his career. Ovechkin has 838 goals, the difference is 56 goals.
Ovechkin before repeated A rare feat for NHL veterans.