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March 23, 00:30
What records did Alexander Ovechkin break during his NHL career?
Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin has reached 40 goals for the NHL regular season for the 13th time in his career. He broke the record held by Canadian Wayne Gretzky since 1991. What other records did Ovechkin break – in the material “RBC Sport”
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Goal records
The leader of “Washington” is the record holder for goals for one team, he became the first to score more than 800 goals for one club (820). He is followed by Howe (786 goals) and Steve Yzerman (692). The closest current hockey player is Crosby, who scored 546 goals for Pittsburgh (15th most in history).
Ovechkin has 17 seasons in the NHL in which he scored more than 30 goals in a row, sharing the first place in this indicator with league record holder Mike Gartner, who retired from the NHL in 1998.
This season, Ovechkin opened the scoring for the 138th time in a regular season match and set a new record, surpassing Jagr’s achievement (135), in third place Bret Hull (131). Of current players, Ovechkin’s closest pursuers are Sidney Crosby (101) and Joe Pavelski (88). The captain of Washington holds the record for goals in away meetings, now he has 417 goals on his account – the best indicator in the league. Gretzky is second with 402 and Steve Yzerman is third with 362.
Ovechkin is also the second NHL player after Gretzky to score 400 home and away goals. Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr and Gartner also scored 400 goals in home games earlier in league history, in addition to Gretzky. Ovechkin scored 51 wins for the Winnipeg Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise, an NHL record. He also scored 50 goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which is also a record high. This season, the Washington captain tied the NHL record for the longest streak of empty net goals (4), held by Jake Gunzel, Vladislav Namestnikov and Gustav Nykvist.
shots on target
The leader of the Capitals in the match against the Ottawa Senators (3:2), which took place on December 23, 2022, made six shots on the opponents’ goal. On account of the Russian was 6248 shots in his career. He became the record holder for this indicator, surpassing the achievement of 19-time NHL All-Star Ray Burke, who had 6209 career shots. So far, Ovechkin has landed 6,339 shots.
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Records for and matches
The captain of the capital’s team also surpassed the achievement of 49-year-old Alexei Kovalev (he played intermittently in 1992-2013) and became the champion in league matches among Russians. At the moment, Ovechkin has 1339 games on his account.
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