Hockey player Tarasenko scored the 300th goal of his NHL career

Russian hockey player Vladimir Tarasenko, playing for the Detroit Red Wings, scored the 300th puck for his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported by the newspaper "Sport-Express" on February 8.

"The forward scored the anniversary puck in the middle of the first period of the regular season match against Tampa Bay." The 33-year-old Russian also interrupted his goalless series, which lasted 10 games," the newspaper writes.

It is noted that only for the current season Tarasenko scored 22 points in 53 games for Detroit.

The hockey player has been playing in the NHL since 2013. He ranks 12th in the number of pucks scored among other Russians participating in the league.

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Also on this day, Russian Nikita Kucherov moved into second place in points scored in the history of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey club. Now the Russian hockey player has 954 points. Kucherov has 345 goals and 609 assists in 777 games.

February 7, Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin scored his 879th puck in the National Hockey League (NHL), reducing to 15 behind the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky.

Earlier, on February 2, Alexander Ovechkin scored a puck "Winnipeg Jets" in a home match of the regular NHL championship, reducing the gap between Gretzky and 17 goals. The match was held in Washington and ended with a 5-4 overtime victory for the visitors.