Triple world hockey champion Alexei Tereshchenko spoke about Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin’s feat of surpassing former Calgary Flames forward Jerome Iginla on the list of all-time assists in NHL history.
Ovechkin scored an assist in the NHL regular season game against the New York Islanders, which became his 676th career in the league. According to this indicator, the 38-year-old Russian is ahead of Iginla (675) and rises to 68th place.
— Ovechkin is not trying to reconvert himself into a passer. Instead, he takes advantage of the fact that his opponents are focusing on his possible shot, and at this point he finds another solution, passing to his partner. Ovechkin acts according to the situation,” Tereshchenko told RT.
At the same time, Ovechkin did not score in the 14th consecutive NHL game and updated his personal record.
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