Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin scored an assist in the match against the “Detroit Red Wings” and went to 70th place in the league in this indicator
Alexander Ovechkin
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The Washington Capitals defeated the Detroit Red Wings in overtime in a home game of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting ended with the score 4:3
Nick Dowd (36, 36), Eric Gustafsson (46), Dmitry Orlov (65) scored goals for the Capitals, David Perron (8), Oscar Sundqvist (16), Lucas Raymond (45) were scored by the losers. Dowd scored two goals in 11 seconds.
In this meeting, Ovechkin scored an assist on Daut, which became the 646th for the Russian in the regular season. According to this indicator, he went to a clean 70th place, beating Canadian Bobby Orr.
Ovechkin is the third player in NHL history to break the 800-goal mark. Only Wayne Gretzky (894) and Gordie Howe (801) have thrown more than him. This season, the 37-year-old Russian has 36 points, of which 20 goals and 16 assists.
Washington is fifth in the Capital Division with 38 points in 34 games, and Detroit is fifth in the Atlantic Division with 33 points after 31 games. The capital team will play its next game on the road with the Ottawa Senators on December 23, and Detroit will host the Tampa Bay Lightning the day before.