Captain”Washington » Alexander Ovechkin is starting to regain his former confidence, said the team’s head coach Spencer Carbury .
Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal 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, while Gretzky has 56.
“For goal scorers, no matter how they hit the goal, their confidence starts to grow. And you can see how he is starting to improve,” journalist Tariq El-Bashir quoted Carbery as saying on social media.
Ovechkin increased his NHL goal total to 834 and closed the gap on Gretzky’s record to 60 goals. The 38-year-old Russian ranks second on the list of best snipers in league history, followed by Gretzky (894).
Source : MatchTV
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