Today, January 4, the Washington Capitals met the Buffalo Sabers as part of the NHL regular season. Regular time ended with the score of 4:4. First Buffalo took the lead thanks to the puck from Alex Tuck, then Sonny Milano equalized, but even before the break the guests were still in front, the puck was thrown by Teige Thompson. He also increased Buffalo’s advantage early in the second period. However, Alexander Ovechkin came to the fore and played a goal. In the third period, Washington first equalized thanks to a puck from Nick Dowd, then Alexander Ovechkin scored twice and put his team forward. A little later, Buffalo tied the score, Tyson Jost became the author of the puck. In overtime, Teige Thompson brought the victory to the guests.
Nevertheless, the match turned out to be important for Alexander Ovechkin’s statistics. The Russian continues to rank second among snipers in NHL history. He now has 808 goals. He continues to chase the legendary Wayne Gretzky’s record. The Canadian has scored 894 goals.
Also, Alexander Ovechkin caught Teema Selanne, who is 16th in points in NHL history. Now because of the two hockey players 1457 points. Ovechkin marked them with 808 goals and 649 assists. Many fans were delighted with the pucks of Alexander Ovechkin. They left their comments in the English segment Youtube (translation made Inoprosport).
Tyler Rohlicek:
– It seems that even the rivals want Ovi to break the record. lol.
DjokerNo1e:
– Every time he shoots, the goalkeeper thinks, “Oh my God, here we go again.
XxXNinjaFan7638XxX:
– Ovechkin scored 166 different goalies during his NHL career…it’s really crazy.
Brute PFP75KG:
– His throw never seems to rust.
Young guns podcast:
– The greatest sniper of all time!
qweer:
– With such a performance, Ovechkin looks set to break Gretzky’s record this season.
Thomas Kat:
“Hopefully he wants to continue playing in the league after surpassing Wayne to become the only player in the NHL to score 1,000 goals. Thus, he will create a new milestone in history called “Club-1000”.
knarf on a bike:
– We can’t stop him, even the guard can’t do anything…
DjokerNo1e:
– There’s nothing to see here. Just another game and another goal from Ovi.
Pythonian:
– Ovi has amazing abilities!
Ben Wilson:
– A historic achievement is within reach! Ovi will definitely break Gretzky’s record, but the only question is how many he can score in the end, as well as how many years he will hold the top spot.
Gray fox:
– I have never seen a player feel such strong emotions every time he scores a goal.
Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic
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