MOSCOW, Apr 21 Washington Capitals Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin named first star of the day in the National Hockey League, according to the official website of the NHL. Ovechkin on Wednesday scored two goals and gave one assist in the NHL regular season game with Vegas (3:4 after overtime). This season, Ovechkin scored his 49th and 50 goals and surpassed Finn Teemu Selanne's record for the number of goals in one regular season among players aged 36 and older (48 goals in the 2006/07 season). The captain of “Washington” scored 50 goals for the ninth time in an NHL season and repeated the record of Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy. In addition, the 36-year-old Russian became the oldest player in the NHL to reach 50 goals in a season. He surpassed Johnny Butsik's 50-goal record for Boston in 1970-71 at age 35.Ovechkin scored 780 goals in his career. In the ranking of snipers of all time, the Russian continues to pursue second-placed Gordie Howe (801). The second star is Chicago forward Alex Debrinkat, who scored the puck and provided an assist in the game with Arizona (4:3). The third star was Edmonton goaltender Mike Smith, who saved 34 shots in a 5-2 win over Dallas.
