Athletistic / Hockey. The Washington Capitals lost to the New Jersey Devils (3:6) last night in an NHL regular season home game. Despite this, the capital’s captain Alexander Ovechkin achieved another statistical feat.
Ovechkin scored two assists in the game against the Devils. The second assist was the 38-year-old Russian’s 679th in his NHL career. According to this indicator, Alexander rose to 66th place on the list of the best passers in the history of the league, catching up with Bobby Smith and Ray Whitney (both with 679 assists).
Alexander Ovechkin appeared in 36 NHL regular season games this season and scored 24 (8+16) points in the goal+assist system with an overall rating of -8. In total, he has 1,509 points in the NHL, including 830 goals scored and 679 assists.
Source: Sport
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