MOSCOW, June 4 Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin climbs to second place in terms of the amount of money earned during a career in the history of the NHL, reports CapFriendly. For 17 seasons in the NHL, the Russian earned just over $ 137 million. Ovechkin overtook Jaromir Jagr with $128.1 million. Pittsburgh's forward Sidney Crosby leads the ranking with $138.3 million. In fifth place is another Pittsburgh representative, Russian Evgeni Malkin. He earned 118.7 million dollars. Ovechkin was the top scorer in the NHL regular season nine times. The Russian is in third place in league history in terms of the number of goals — 780. In the 17/18 season, he, along with Washington, won the Stanley Cup.
