MOSCOW, March 16 Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr congratulated the Russian striker Washington Capitals » Alexander Ovechkin with a clear third place in the list of the best sniper in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season match against the New York Islanders (4: 3), Ovechkin scored a goal and brought the number of goals scored in his NHL career to 767 , beating Jagr (766 goals). «Alex, this is a great achievement, for which I congratulate you. Keep scoring further. You know that I'm not done with hockey yet. So there is still a chance that I will return to the NHL and I'll start chasing you,» Jagr said in a video message posted on Washington's social networks. The leader of the rating is Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894 goals in 1,487 matches). Second place goes to Canadian Gordie Howe (801 goals in 1767 matches).
