Tonight, in a game with the San Jose Sharks (8: 3), the captain of the Washington Capitals and the second sharpshooter in NHL history, Alexander Ovechkin, scored a double and raised his personal score to 35 this season. . career. Alexander the Great became the first national goalscorer to conquer this truly cosmic height.
Ovechkin’s thousand consists of 887 NHL goals scored in the “capital” sweater, 57 goals in the Russian championships (2002-2005, for Dynamo Moscow) and 56 goals for the Russian national team. Let us remember that Ovi competed in three Olympic Games (Turin-2006, Vancouver-2010, Sochi-2014), in 13 world championships (Ostrava/Prague-2004, Vienna-2005, Riga-2006, Moscow/Mytishchi-2007, Quebec/Halifax – 2008, Cologne-2010, Bratislava-2011, Stockholm/Helsinki-2012, Helsinki/Stockholm-2013, Minsk-2014, Ostrava/Prague-2015, Moscow/Saint Petersburg-2016, Bratislava-2019), two World Cups (2004, 2016), as well as on the stages of the Eurotour and the Eurochallenge.
Ovechkin will remain out of range for the foreseeable future. Of the players who have not announced their retirement, Ilya Kovalchuk (723), Evgeni Malkin (645), Alexander Radulov (434), Vladimir Tarasenko (398), Nikita Kucherov (340), Artemy Panarin (333), Evgeny Dadonov (318 ). ), Evgeny Kuznetsov (296), Vadim Shipachev (288).
Top 15 scorers:
1. Ovechkin* – 1000
2. Boris Mikhailov – 736
3. Sergei Makarov – 726
4. Kovalchuk** – 723
5. Sergei Fyodorov – 660
6.Malkin* – 645
7. Vladimir Petrov – 643
8. Sergei Mozyakin – 622
9. Viacheslav Starshinov – 615
10. Pavel Bure – 588
11. Alexander Maltsev – 582
12. Alexander Mogilny – 568
13. Valery Kharlamov – 567
14. Alexei Kovalev – 550
15. Alexander Yakushev – 549
* Continuous run.
** Did not announce withdrawal.