Washington – Alex Ovechkin Tied a record of the NHL goals Wayne Gretzky and collected 894. The place of his career – and his second game – Friday night against Chicago Blackhawks.
The Capitals Great tied Gretzky to Power-play with 13:46 remaining in the third period. And he did it with Gretzky for the first time during this persecution.
Ovechkin went down to One Knee, who was celebrated, then Mobbed was a teammate when fans at Capital One Arena exploded.
Former 39 -year -old Ovechkin beat the goalkeeper Spencer Knight 3:52 to the game, while the pass Dylan tree Behind the net and banking puck from a distant column and back of the goalkeeper and inward.
After a few seconds, Ovechkin’s personal goal song “Shake, Rattle & Roll” from Big Joe Turner began, “she prevented from the loudspeakers of the arena when the mascot Slapshot overturned the counter in one corner from 892 to 893. Ovi! “Before and after the game he continued.
Gretzky addressed Ovechkin’s persecution earlier in the game before two giants even stretched on the list of hockey goals.
“I’m so proud to be here this evening,” Gretzky said for the first break. “The commissioner I talked to the next day, and Alex said he wouldn’t come here until I got to two. I thought yesterday:” God, we’d rather get into the plane and get there because he could get three tonight. “When he scored four minutes, I thought,” Oh my God, maybe we can leave for the first period. ” ”
Ovechkin scored in the fourth consecutive game and achieved 40 goals for the 14th time in 20 seasons, which is most in the history of the league. It is the second 40-bridge season, when a player aged 39 and older, who joined Gordie Howe (44 in 1968-69 at the age of 40).
It was also 242. The goal of the Ovechkins in the career of the first period that broke the tie with Gretzky most in the history of the league.
“It’s so hard,” said Gretzky, who had 12 40 goal periods. “I don’t care in what era you play,” 50 years, 60. “, 70, 80, it’s hard to score goals.”
The head of the Eastern Conference has six games left in the regular season with a visit to Sunday at New York Islanders other.
Information from ESPN Research and Associated Press were used in this report.
