Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorAlexander Ovechkin is officially the best European sniper in the history of the National Hockey League! For more than six years, this position was held by the incomparable and unique Jaromir Jagr, but today the Czech still passed it to an equally unique striker. Everyone was waiting for this event — even Jagr himself, who recently asked Ovechkin to push and finally reach a clean third place in the league's all-time scoring list. Today, the Russian goalscorer fulfilled Jaromir's wish and not only fulfilled it. It is somewhat symbolic that the long-awaited and historic, 767th goal of the Washington Capitals leader came in a match against the team, with whose head coach the Capitals won their first and so far the only Cup in the history of the franchise. Stanley. For Barry Trotz, meetings with the Capitals are now very special. But if the Canadian specialist has an advantage in the playoffs, then in the regular season the Islanders do not fare well in the matches with Washington. The Islanders have lost seven in their last nine games alone. Ovechkin, by the way, had a hand in only two of them, but today the statistics have been slightly corrected. And very timely for the team.
