Vadim KuznetsovSports correspondentAll materialsAlexander Ovechkin became the leader of the NHL season in terms of goals and points. The Sport correspondent tells what record the Washington striker can set in just a few months. Tonight, Alexander Ovechkin scored the 757th puck in the NHL regular season and made the series called “Hammer Wayne More” even more interesting. It takes another three years to wait for this show to unfold — or how long it will take Ovi to score the remaining 137 goals. But already this spring, the striker can become the owner of a unique achievement. Not a single player over 35 years old has ever become the top scorer and sniper of the same championship. Neither Gretzky, nor Mario Lemieux, nor their idol Gordie Howe, who played hockey until the age of 51, nor anyone else. After the match with the Jets, Ovechkin became the NHL leader in points and goals. At 36, he's not going to stop. When ESPN journalists shared their expectations for the upcoming NHL season in the fall, only one out of 22 suggested that the Washington captain would become the regular season's top scorer. No one bet that he could also become the top scorer. This does not mean that none of the reporters do not understand hockey or do not believe in Ovechkin. The Russian himself destroys all past ideas about the game and changes them to new ones.
