Athletistic / Hockey. Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin was one of the main characters last night in the NHL’s regular season game against the Montreal Canadiens. However, this did not help the capital, as they lost to the Canadian team with a score of 2:5.
Ovechkin scored one of Washington’s goals. This helped the 38-year-old Russian narrow the gap with the legendary Wayne Gretzky in the fight for the title of the best sniper in the history of the NHL. Ovi is now 62 accurate shots behind the Canadian.
This season in the NHL, Alexander Ovechkin played 45 games and scored 32 points for his performance – he scored 10 goals and made 22 assists. In total, he scored 832 goals in the NHL.
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Washington has scored 51 points in 48 matches and is in 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings. The Capitals are five points behind the eighth-place Philadelphia Flyers (with three games in hand).
Source: Sport
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