Spartak Moscow striker Ilya Kovalchuk repeated the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) empty-net goal scoring record.
On Sunday, Spartak defeated Kunlun in the regular season match of the Fonbet KHL Championship with a score of 5:2. For Kovalchuk, this meeting was the first after returning to the Moscow team. Kovalchuk scored Spartak’s fifth goal of the game, hitting an empty net late in the third period.
Today, the 40-year-old hockey player has 14 empty-net goals in 408 matches. He shares first place in this indicator with Ak Bars Kazan striker Alexander Radulov, who has 14 goals in 607 matches.
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Source : MatchTV
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