Russian forward “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin broke the record of Canadian Ray Burke for the number of shots on goal in the history of the National Hockey League
Alexander Ovechkin
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Hockey players “Washington Capitals” won in overtime in the away match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) with the “Ottawa Senators” with a score of 3:2.
The winners were scored by Evgeny Kuznetsov (8th minute), Sonny Milano (26) and Markus Johansson (63). For the losers, goals were scored by Alex Debrinkat (5) and Drake Baterson (44).
In this game, the captain of “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin made six shots on the opponent’s goal. Now the Russian has 6211 shots in his career. He surpassed the record of 19-time NHL All-Star Ray Burke, who had 6,209 career shots.
In the match against Ottawa, Ovechkin gave two assists, the Washington hockey player shares the 69th place in the history of the league in the number of assists with the 2006 Olympic champion Swede Daniel Sedin (both have 648 assists).
Ovechkin was recognized as the first star of the meeting against the Senators. This season, the Russian scored 38 points in 35 games (20 goals plus 18 assists).
The Capitals are fifth in the Capital Division standings with 40 points in 35 games.
Washington will play their next match on December 24 against the Winnipeg Jets.