Ovechkin's puck helped Washington defeat New Jersey in NHL game

MOSCOW Oct 25 The Washington Capitals beat the New York Jersey Devils» in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game. National Hockey League (NHL) October 25, 2022 • Start at 02:00EndNew JerseyUSA3 : 6WashingtonUSA meeting in Newark (New Jersey) ended with a score of 6:3 (1:1, 4:0 , 1:2). As part of the capital club, goals were scored by Nick Dowd (11th minute), Garnet Hathaway (30), Conor Sheary (31), Alexander Ovechkin (38), Nick Jensen (38) and Alexei Protas (57). The Devils scored Natan Bastian (5), Tomasz Tatar (45) and Jesper Bratt (50). Ovechkin scored his 783rd career NHL goal. The 37-year-old Russian ranks third in the list of the best scorers in league history. He is 18 goals behind second-placed Gordie Howe. Wayne Gretzky is in the lead (894). Ovechkin also overtook Howe for a clear second in NHL winning goals with 122, ahead of Jaromir Jagr (135).