Forward and captain “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game with “Nashville” scored the 130th winning goal of his league career.
The match in Washington ended with a score of 3:2 (1:1, 1:1, 1:0). Ovechkin scored his team’s third goal, scoring in the third period. Only at Jaromir Jagr (135) winningest goals in NHL history.
In the second period of the match against Nashville, Ovechkin delivered an assist to Belarusian forward Alexei Protas.
The Russian extended his goal streak to five games. This season, he scored 16 points (8+8) in 12 matches.
Ovechkin, 39, scored his 861st NHL goal and ranks second on the league’s all-time goalscoring list behind Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
Ovechkin’s team will play the next game on home ice against Pittsburgh on November 9.
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