MOSCOW, Feb. 25 Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin is in third place in the number of matches in the regular seasons of the National Hockey League (NHL) among Russians, catching up with three-time Stanley Cup winner Sergei Fedorov. On Thursday, Washington lost away to the New York Rangers in the NHL regular season match (1:4). Ovechkin became the author of the only washer “Capitals”. The 36-year-old forward played 1248 games in the NHL regular championships. Alexey Kovalev (1316) and Sergey Gonchar (1301) played more than Ovechkin and Fedorov from Russians in the NHL. Among all hockey players in this indicator, Ovechkin and Fedorov share 93-95th places with Bill Gadsby, the leader is Patrick Marlo (1779). Ovechkin was selected by Washington under the first number in the NHL draft in 2004 and throughout his entire career in the league plays for this club. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup. In 1248 NHL regular season games, the Russian scored 762 goals and ranks fourth in NHL history by this indicator — Wayne Gretzky is in the lead (894), Gordie Howe is second (801), and Jaromir Jagr is third (766).
