Russian forward and captain of the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin rose to 15th place in the list of top scorers in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) championships.
On the night of March 8, Moscow time, the NHL regular season game is played against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ovechkin scored a goal. Thanks to this, the Russian player increased the total number of goals in his career in the NHL championship to 1,531 (840 goals and 691 assists) in 1,405 matches.
According to this indicator, the 38-year-old Russian player caught up with Paul Coffey (1,531 points in 1,409 matches) and shared with him the 15th place in the list of top scorers in the history of league championships.
The NHL’s points record holder is legendary Canadian Wayne Gretzky (2857 points in 1487 games). Among active NHL hockey players, Ovechkin is second only to Canadian Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby, who is ranked 12th (1,565 points in 1,251 games).
In the match played between Pittsburgh and Washington, the score was 4-0 in favor of the capital in the 15th minute of the second period. In addition to Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, Nick Jensen and Hendrix Lapierre also scored.
He was previously a hockey player for the Czech national team named Ovechkin as his friend.