MOSCOW, Mar 7 Czech Jaromir Jagr said that Russian Alexander Ovechkin. playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of the Washington Capitals, will inevitably beat Canadian Wayne Gretzky's career goalscoring record. plays for this club. In 2018, he won the Stanley Cup. In 1248 NHL regular season games, the Russian scored 764 goals and ranks fourth in NHL history for this indicator. Gretzky leads (894), second is Gordie Howe (801), third is Jaromir Jagr (766). «It's inevitable. Ovechkin will eventually overtake Howe, then Gretzky and become the NHL record holder. I've already talked about this. He has a signed five-year contract — I think he will do it before the agreement expires,» Jagr was quoted as saying by the official NHL website.
