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Washington hockey captain Alexander Ovechkin is 36 years old, but he is still having a great start to the new NHL season. The Russian hockey bomber scored in all six matches so far, collecting 12 points for seven goals and five assists.
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In the productivity table, he ranks second behind 13-point Connor McDavid of Edmonton, and is already a leader among the gunners. He already has a total of 737 goals in his career and lacks four accurate hits to equal Brett Hull in the fourth place in history.
With his latest two goals, he not only helped his team to win on Ottawa’s 7: 5 ice, but also broke one bearded historical record. For the eighty-fourth time in his NHL career, he scored a multi-goal match on his opponent’s ice, beating Wayne Gretzki.
The legendary Canadian striker Edmonton has scored at least two goals 83 times in a match with an opponent, and Brett Hull is in third place with 72 such matches. They are followed by Phil Esposito (64) and Mario Lemieux (63).
“If Ovi continues at this pace, he will score 96 goals this season,” forecast Capitals fans on social networks. The PR department of the hockey team from the US capital noticed another interesting historical figure. Filip Gustavsson of Ottawa became the 149th goalkeeper in the NHL, against whom Ovechkin scored. “The opposite extreme is 6,581 players who scored 149 or fewer goals.” informed twitter PRCapitals.
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