The NHL website published a counter with Ovechkin's goals to Gretzky's record
On the main page of the website of the National Hockey League (NHL) placed a counter with the number of goals that the Russian captain and forward "Washington Capitals" Alexander Ovechkin in the regular season to break the record of Wayne Gretzky. This is reported on January 10 on the NHL website.
At the moment, the number 23 is set on the counter.
When you go to the counter page, you can find information about Ovechkin's recent and upcoming games, his stats in NHL games, the latest Washington news, and Gretzky's career.
The Russian forward is second on the list of top snipers in NHL history. Now the total number of his goals in championships is 872. He needs to score 23 goals to update the league record, which belongs to Gretzky (894).
Earlier, on January 8, the Washington Capitals hockey club defeated the Vancouver Canucks in overtime in a regular season NHL match with a score of 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.
Then it was reported that Ovechkin scored a puck in the regular season NHL match against the New York Rangers, thus reducing the gap from Wayne Gretzky to 22 goals.
Prior to that, on January 3, Ovechkin scored his 871st puck in a game against the Minnesota Wild and cut the gap to Wayne Gretzky to 23 goals. However, this puck did not help "Washington" to win. The hockey player did not realize his shootout, and the club suffered a defeat with a score of 3:4.
