Athletistic / Hockey. The Washington Capitals defeated the Calgary Flames with a score of 5:2 in another NHL regular season game. The main character was the captain of the American team, Alexander Ovechkin.
The Russian scored two goals last night, converting his numerical majority twice. Ovechkin played his 1411th NHL game in Calgary and brought his North American League point total to 1537 (843+694). This helped him move closer to legendary Canadian forward Joe Thornton for 13th place on the list of top scorers in NHL history. Thornton has scored 1,539 points in 1,714 career games.
This season, Alexander Ovechkin played 64 matches and scored 52 (21+31) performance points. Washington is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 75 points. The capital has 15 matches left before the end of the regular season.
Source: Sport
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