Ovechkin scored his 891st goal and reduced the gap to Gretzky's record to two goals.

Alexander Ovechkin, a Russian player of the Washington Capitals hockey club, scored his 892nd career goal on Wednesday, April 2, in a match against the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Thus, before overcoming the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky, he had only two goals left to score, writes Sport-Express.

However, Carolina won 5-1 against Washington.

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On April 3, Ovechkin repeated the record for goals scored in a season among 39-year-old NHL players. During the season, the Russian player scored 39 goals. Canadian player Gordie Howe showed a similar result in the 1967/68 season.