In the match once morest Philadelphia, the Russian scored the 794th and 795th career goals in the NHL regular season
Photo: Alexander Ovechkin (Global look press)
Russian forward “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin designed a double once morest the “Philadelphia” in the match of the National hockey League (NHL). The meeting ended with the score 4:1.
The 37-year-old Russian scored both goals at the end of the meeting into an empty net. For him, these washers were the 794th and 795th in his NHL career. Wayne Gretzky’s all-time leading scorer in NHL history is 99 goals away. It is noteworthy that Gretzky has played at number 99 throughout his career. Before Gordie Howe, who is in second place in terms of the number of goals, the Russian has six goals left.
Ovechkin has reached 51 career empty net goals. According to this indicator, he comes second in the list. Wayne Gretzky is in the lead with 56. Ovechkin also managed to repeat the achievements of Gordie Howe and Teemu Selanne among hockey players aged 37 and older in the minimum number of games played in a season in order to distinguish themselves at least 15 times. Forward for this it took 28 games this season. Howe (seasons 1965/1966 and 1968/1969) and Selanne (season 2009/10) also spent 28 meetings.
In total, in 1302 games for his career in the NHL, Ovechkin scored 1437 (795 + 642) points.
