MOSCOW, March 27 Russian striker of the National Hockey League (NHL) club» Washington Capitals «Alexander Ovechkin rose to second place in the history of the league in the number of winning goals in NHL regular season matches. In the 52nd minute of the meeting with the New Jersey Devils, Ovechkin scored an abandoned puck from the passes of Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov and Swede Niklas Bekstrem. For Washington, this goal was the winning goal in the match, which ended with a score of 4: 3. Thus, Ovechkin scored 121 winning goals in the NHL championship matches in his career and caught up with Gordie Howe in this indicator, sharing second place with the Canadian. league history. Czech Republic Jaromir Jagr (135 winning goals) remains the leader of the rating.
