Washington Capitals icon Alexander Ovechkin is already considered the NHL’s goal-scoring king, however he is really on the verge of including to his standing much more.
On Saturday, Ovechkin scored each of the Capitals’ two targets of their 6-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. And whereas his scoring contact wasn’t practically sufficient in opposition to Montreal, it inched him nearer to extra historical past.
Ovechkin’s two most up-to-date targets now give him 24 on the season and 921 for his profession, extending the NHL file he broke on April sixth of final 12 months when he handed Wayne Gretzky‘s earlier mark of 894.
Alexander Ovechkin nonetheless must cross Wayne Gretzky another time for the general file
However actually, the file Ovechkin holds is only for regular-season targets, not what every participant tallied all through their total careers. Nonetheless, it is solely a matter of time till Ovechkin holds sole possession of that general prime spot.
So far as the common season and playoffs mixed, Ovechkin is now two targets shy of becoming a member of Gretzky as solely the second participant to ever attain 1,000 complete targets. After which as soon as he hits 1,000, Ovechkin might be scorching on Gretzky’s tail for the total file.
