Ovechkin scored another goal and reduced Gretzky’s backlog to 90 goals

Down-the-line.com/Hockey. At the moment in Washington at the stadium “Capital One Arena” the next game of the regular NHL championship is taking place. The local “Washington Capitals” take on the “Montreal Canadiens”. In the second half, the score was 4:2 in favor of the hosts.

One of the capital’s goals was scored by Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin. He excelled in a 4v4 match.

For Ovechkin, this puck was the 804th of the NHL regular season. Trevor van Riemsdyk and Lars Eller acted as assistants.

Thanks to this puck, Ovechkin closed the gap on the legendary Wayne Gretzky in the list of the best scorers. Now the distance between them is 90 pucks. Recall that Gretzky scored 894 goals in his career.

Malkin passed Fedorov in the list of top Russian scorers in NHL history