New York (AP) – Alex Ofkkin has registered Wayne Gretzki’s record for the largest goals in the history of NHL by scoring 895 of his career.
On Sunday, the captain of the Washington team, on Sunday against the population of New York Island, beat his Russian teammate Ilya Sorokin in the game of power in the second period. Ovechkin has never scored on Sorokin before, making his compatriot the goalkeeper 183 who defeated him.
Just as they did after registering No. 894 minutes, the 39 -year -old teammates, the 39 -year -old, celebrated the achievement, which replaced a record for 31 years.
A total of 894 goals for Gritzky may not be applicable. Ovechkin has passed even after he lost 16 games in November and December due to the broken left leg, a testimony of his durability and talent for picker in the network for two decades. He exceeded 40 goals this season for the fourteenth time – more than Gretzki and also in the history of the league.
Even before that, Ovechkin has NHL records of power playing goals, shots on goal and most of the goals he scored, and now adds Sorokin to that list. Only Gritzky has more multi -land games, Ovechkin earlier this season is just a sixth player with 700 goals and 700 decisive passes, joined Gritzky, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr, Marcel Dionne and Phil Esposito.
Ovechkin last time raised the goals list ever on December 23, 2022, when he got No. 801 and 802 to connect Hao.
The chase was acquired by The Great 8, a title that honors his shirt number, to pay attention from North America to original Russia in Ovechkin, where the advertising paintings and the rules of targets chanted and followed his efforts. Ovechkin has helped his team is one of the best in NHL this season, challenging expectations.
Gretzky broke the record How a little more than 31 years ago, since 802 was scored on March 23, 1994. Another 92 added before his retirement in 1999 after a total of 1487 games over 20 seasons.
Even with the decrease in this fall to Ovechkin – which he said he was excited – Gritzky 55 has a NHL record, and it seems that two of the correspondents can not really: 2,857 total points and 1963 decisive pass, the latter is more than anyone else in goals and helps.
For the NHL qualifiers, which are not counted towards the record, Gritzky has more (122). I have Ovechkin 72 years old. Gritzky was also 56 years old in the World Association of Hockey and Qualifiers, while Ovechkin has 57 of his time in KHL, the best league in Russia.
Returning to Russia to play for family and friends is a choice at some point for Ovechkin, which remains one season after this season in a five -year contract, worth $ 47.5 million in 2021, which took him during the age of forty to give him enough time to chase the Gretzky record. Instead, he got it earlier that anyone could have expected it realistic.
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