MOSCOW, Jan 28 the title of the most valuable player of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) after voting by journalists of the official website of the organization, according to the material of Ted Gulitti. The journalists ranked the top five hockey players who received points from five to one, respectively. Ovechkin scored 74 points in the voting (12 people put him in first place in the ranking). In addition to Ovechkin, the Canadian forward of “Florida” Jonathan Huberdo (43 points) and his compatriot Connor McDavid (“Edmonton”, 42) got into the top three contenders. The list of players who managed to score points also included Minnesota's Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov (4). The Hart Trophy MVP prize is awarded annually based on a vote by representatives of the Professional Association of Hockey Journalists. Ovechkin became the owner of this prize three times (2008, 2009, 2013) — the most among Russians, Wayne Gretzky is in the lead (9). This season, the 36-year-old Russian has played 44 games and scored 58 (29 goals + 29 assists) points.
