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Ovechkin scored his 873rd NHL goal and cut the gap to Gretzky to 21 goals

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Russian forward and captain of the hockey club (HC) "Washington Capitals" Alexander Ovechkin scored a puck in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) against the "Nashville Predators", thus reducing the gap from Wayne Gretzky to 21 goals. This is reported on January 12 on the official website of the NHL.

Ovechkin scored a goal into an empty net at the 19th minute of the third period. The match ended with a score of 4:1. Thus, the 39-year-old Russian has 873 scored pucks for his career in the NHL.

Ovechkin is second in the list of the best snipers in the history of the NHL. This season, the hockey player took part in 27 games, scoring in them 20 pucks and making 12 assists, writes "Sport-Express".

Before that, January 10, on the main page of the National Hockey League (NHL) posted a counter with the number of goals that are left to score Russian captain and forward "Washington Capitals" Alexander Ovechkin in the regular season to break Wayne Gretzky's record.

Earlier on January 8, the Washington Capitals hockey club defeated the Vancouver Canucks in overtime in an NHL regular season match 2-1. Washington captain and forward Alexander Ovechkin finished the match without points, while he took three shots.

On the eve of the hockey club "Buffalo Sabres" on a shootout defeated the "Washington Capitals" in a regular NHL championship match with a score of 4:3. Washington captain and forward Alexander Ovechkin scored no points.

Earlier, January 5, Russian hockey player and forward of the Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin rose to 12th place in the list of top scorers in the National Hockey League.

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