Hockey manager and expert Alexey Dementyev assessed that Washington Capitals’ Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin is among the 15 best scorers in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). He shared his opinion with him “Championship”.
“I think that the records that Alexander broke are already making teeth stand on end. Everyone is waiting for the maximum result, the main record, and everyone is preparing for this. Of course, there are achievements that Alexander interrupted along the way. This is very nice and instructive, and for other hockey players playing in the league It acts as a guide. So we only expect maximum results,” said the manager.
On the night of March 8, Moscow time, Ovechkin scored a goal and an assist in a regular season match against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Thanks to this, the Russian player increased the total number of goals in his career in the NHL championship to 1,532 (840 goals and 692 assists) in 1,405 games.
According to this indicator, the 38-year-old striker surpassed Paul Coffey (1,531 points in 1,409 matches) and rose to 15th place in the list of top scorers in the history of league championships.
Alexander Ovechkin continues to trail Wayne Gretzky in the race to find the best snipers in NHL history. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals during his career. Ovechkin has 840 goals, the difference is 54 goals.
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