Hockey player Ovechkin scored 876th puck and approached Gretzky's record

Russian captain of hockey club "Washington Capitals" Alexander Ovechkin in a match against the "Ottawa Senators" regular championship of the National Hockey League (NHL) scored 876-th puck and even closer to the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky . The meeting took place on January 31.

However, despite his goal, as well as two productive passes of the Russian striker, "Washington" lost in overtime - 4:5.

At the moment, Ovechkin ranks second in career goals among league players. He is surpassed only by Gretzky, who scored 894 pucks. Thus, Ovechkin has 18 goals left to equal Gretzky.

Alexander Ovechkin is the winner of the 2018 Stanley Cup, as well as a three-time world champion.

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Earlier, on January 30, hockey player Sergei Bobrovsky came in second among Russian goalies in the number of "dry" games of the NHL after the victory of the Florida Panthers over the Los Angeles Kings. Bobrovsky was able to deflect 29 shots on his goal and was named the first star of the game.