MOSCOW: Russian superstar forward and Washington Capitals’ captain Alexander Ovechkin scored another goal on Friday in a win against the ...
MOSCOW: Russian superstar forward and Washington Capitals’ captain Alexander Ovechkin scored another goal on Friday in a win against the Philadelphia Flyers, putting him just 15 goals shy of Wayne Gretzky's all-time record.
Ovechkin now has 26 goals this season. His total has him in the top-10 in the NHL even though he missed 16 games with a broken leg earlier in the year. He is now second in NHL history with 879 goals, trailing only the Great One himself Wayne Gretzky of Canada, who had 894 goals in his NHL career.
Canadian-American ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky played for four different NHL teams between 1979 and 1999, scoring more goals than anyone in history during his 20-year career. Gretzky, now 64, is considered by many to be the greatest player in NHL history.
The 39-year-old Ovechkin is under contract with the Washington Capitals through 2026.
Ovechkin signed with the NHL’s Washington’s Capitals in 2004. The Russian superstar led the Caps to a Stanley Cup title in 2018, the only one of his career.
Washington Capitals is set to play its next match on February 9 facing away Utah.
In 2008, 2012 and 2014, "Ovie," as he is called by his fans, won gold medals at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships to go along with his two silver and four bronze medals at the world championships.
During a rally of the newly-elected US president’s supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20, US President Donald Trump called Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin "a great player.".
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