Alexander Ovechkin
Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has become the sixth top scorer in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL). This is reported by “Championship”.
The Russian hockey player scored one of the goals during his team's meeting with the Buffalo Sabers. The meeting took place at the Keebank Center stadium in Buffalo and ended with a score of 6: 0 in favor of the guests from the capital.
Thus, Ovechkin caught up in goals for his NHL career with Canadian hockey player Phil Esposito. On account of each of the athletes 717 goals scored.
Earlier in March, Alexander Ovechkin scored the winning goal against the New Jersey Devils and finished second in league history in away goals. The number of goals scored by him at a party after this match reached 362. Thus, he caught up with the Canadian hockey player Steve Yizerman.
