MOSCOW, May 11th. The captain of the National Hockey League (NHL) Washington Capitals club, Russian Alexander Ovechkin, said that he personally met American actor Leonardo DiCaprio in a restaurant.
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"Once I met DiCaprio. We were sitting in a restaurant and he was at the next table. I was not shy and approached: «Hello, I'm Alexander!» You can't just approach him, there are a lot of guards, but one of the guards recognized me and let me know. Did DiCaprio recognize me? Probably, he was told that Alexander Ovechkin wants to meet him,” the Russian said in an interview with the YouTube channel “This is football, brother!”.
In December, Ovechkin beat Gordie Howe and went to a clean second place on the list of the best scorers in NHL history. Now the Russian has 822 goals in the regular season. Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for regular season goals with 894.