Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin made an assist in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game against Arizona.
Currently, the Russian player has 1530 (839+691) points in 1404 matches. According to this indicator, it ranks 16th. Defender Paul Coffey, ranked 15th, collected 1531 (396+1135) points in 1409 matches.
The game between Arizona and Washington is currently in its third period. Arizona leads 4-2.
This season, 38-year-old Ovechkin played in 56 matches, scoring 17 goals and making 28 assists. The Russian continues to chase after Wayne Gretzky in the race to find the best snipers in league history. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals during his career. Ovechkin now has 839 goals, the difference is 55 goals.
On March 2, Washington beat Philadelphia 5:2. After the first period, Ovechkin’s team lost 0:2. The Russian striker scored at the beginning of the second period of the match, and then supported the efforts of Sonny Milano, John Carlson, Anthony Mantha and Dylan Strome.
Ovechkin before walked hard In Washington’s game in the first period of the game against Philadelphia.