Athletistic / Hockey. Tonight in the NHL, Washington faced Buffalo. Alexander Ovechkin failed to score a goal, but he took second place among Russians in the ranking of the best assists in the history of the league.
“Washington” failed to defeat “Buffalo”, the hosts turned out to be stronger – 4:2. Ovechkin scored an assist on Wilson’s second goal for Washington.
This assist was Alexandre’s 697th in the NHL. Ovechkin is ahead of Sergei Fedorov in this indicator. Evgeni Malkin ranks first among the best Russian assistants in NHL history. He has 794 assists.
Source: Sport

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