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Greg Wyshynski
New York – Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin Sunday scored goal No. 895 and went through the Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky become a leader of scoring all NHL time.
Ovechkin counted a record breaker against New York Islanders At the goal of Power-Play with 12:34 pm he left in the second Sunday-1 487. His career; The same as Gretzky’s career in total.
With the present Gretzky and the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, the game stopped when players and fans meant a historical moment.
Ovechkin tied Gretzky’s record Friday with two Tallies in winning 5-3 over Chicago Blackhawks. He decided not to go on ice after Blackhawks pulled his goalkeeper late in the third for a possible trick with a hat and later said, “I don’t want an empty network” when he sets a record.
Ovechkin’s persecution of records of all times took his extraordinary 20 -year career of the NHL, all with Washington Capitals. He won the Richard Trophy missile as the leader of the NHL in the regular season nine times. He captured Hart Trophy as the NHL MVP three times (2008, ’09, ’13) and Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP in the leadership of the main cities for their first Stanley Cup championship in 2018.
Ovechkin is the leader of the NHL of all time at the targets of Power-play (325 in 1,487 peas) and overtime and went through Jaromir Jagr for most winning goals after he joined with 136 on Friday. More than 210 goals of Ovechkin Power-Play were evaluated from the “point” near the left Circle of FaceOff, as is known.
Gretzky captured a record of targets on March 23, 1994 as a member Los Angeles Kings. His 802. Career destination exceeded the career brand Idol Gordie Howe. Against Vancouver Canucks was stopped for a 15 -minute ceremony. Gretzky retired in 1999 with 894 goals in 1,487 NHL games in a regular season, which is a total career that little in the NHL believed that it would ever be overcome-there was an Ovechkin.
“I always said that if there was someone to do it, it is him,” said Capitals Center Center Nicklas backstromCurrently injured, who helped more Ovechkin’s goals than any other teammate from 2007 to 2023. “Sometimes the puck seems to find it, and has the ability to put it in the network like no one else.”
Capitals won the NHL lottery in 2004 to choose Ovechkin overall. The Moscow native won Calder Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year in 2005-06 with 52 goals because his hovering personally revitalized the franchise. At the end of his 10th season of the NHL, which was supposed to be 30 years old, Ovechkin accumulated 475 goals in 760 games.
Gretzky said NHL.com in 2016 that if Ovechkin suffered this pace “there is no doubt”, he could set a new record of career goals.
“The first 500 are easy,” Gretzky said. “It’s another 500 when you’re getting old and your body is a little worn out – traveling and the physical part of the game will catch you.”
Ovechkin entered this season and needed 42 goals to go through Gretzky and would not waste time. Captain Capitals scored 15 goals in his first 18 games, the hottest start of his career and an unprecedented act for a 39 -year -old in the NHL. His season unexpectedly turned to 18 November, when Ovechkin broke his left fibular in the game against Utah. But the “Russian machine” as it was invited for its stamina and good health, Returned before the plan – and scored a goal of December 28, after missing 16 games.
Hunt Ovechkin Record Hunt has captivated the hockey world during the last weeks of regular season. The NHL was marked “The G8 Chase”. Game broadcasting introduced alternative sources that focused only on Ovechkin. In Washington, DC the target counters were added to the Capital One Arena and the Union Market District. Gretzky, Commissioner Gary Bettman, owner of Capitals Ted Leonsis and Ovechkin’s wife Nastya, started watching the team from the arena to the arena.
Meanwhile, Ovechkin used his record persecution Increase funds to research cancer of child cancerHe devoted an amount equal to the overall goal for every goal that scores during the rest of his career, and encourages fans to contribute to the goal.
