Alexander Ovechkin reduced the gap from the top five NHL scorers to one goal. Now he has 730 goals scored on his account. One more for Canadian Marcel Dionne, who retired in 1989. Well, in order to overtake the leader of the rating – Canadian Wayne Gretzky, Ovechkin will have to throw another 165 goals before his retirement.
The Russian hockey player has been playing for Washington for 16 years. He is the team captain. Together with the club, he won the Stanley Cup in 2018.
In the last match against the team “Philadelphia” Ovechkin scored two goals. His teammates Dmitry Orlov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Conor Shiri and Anthony Manta also distinguished themselves. The score of the meeting is 6: 3. The next time Ovechkin should go on the ice is on April 18 in a match against Boston.