Alexander Ovechkin we must beat the record Wayne Gretzky in terms of the number of goals scored in the NHL, a former striker of the Dynamo football club and friend of the Washington striker told Alexander Prudnikov .
On Sunday, Russian Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin scored against Boston (3:0) in an NHL regular season game and broke Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals scored into an empty net . Ovechkin now has 57 such goals in the NHL, Gretzky has 56. Ovechkin also increased the number of NHL goals to 834 and closed the gap with Gretzky’s record to 60 goals. The 38-year-old Russian occupies second place on the list of the best snipers in the history of the league (Gretzky has 894 goals).
— Ovechkin already has many records. And he always installs new ones. Of course, our whole country (and not only) is already waiting for the most important thing. But I think it’s not an end in itself. But as for the main record, Alexander undoubtedly must achieve it, ”Prudnikov told the correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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