Two goals and an assist from the Russian striker Alexandra Ovechkina help “Washington ” beat “New Jersey “in an NHL regular season game.
The meeting in Washington ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of the hosts. Ovechkin scored his fifteenth and sixteenth goals of the season and recorded his 25th assist. The Russian was recognized as the third star of the match.
Ovechkin scored two goals for the second time this season. He had already scored twice against the New York Islanders in November. Ovechkin’s scoring streak is nine games (8 goals and 5 assists).
Ovechkin increased his NHL goal total to 838, closing the gap on Wayne Gretzky’s record of 56 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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