Ovechkin scored the first puck of the season and broke one of Gretzky's records
Washington captain scored his 127th career goal in the NHL in October
Russian captain “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin scored his first puck in the new season of the NHL.
Washington is playing its fifth regular NHL championship game at home with Seattle Kraken. 41-year-old Ovechkin scored in 17 minutes.
Ovechkin scored 127 goals in October for his NHL career (199 games). According to this indicator, the Russian broke the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky (126 goals in 205 matches).
In July, Ovechkin signed a new one-year contract with Washington. This season, he can beat Gretzky's record for the total number of goals in the NHL (including the playoffs) - 1016. Now on account of the Russian already 1007 goals.
In the first match of the new season, Ovechkin scored an assist in the game with the current holder of the Stanley Cup “Carolina Hurricanes” (5: 2), but broke the personal record for playing time (12 minutes 46 seconds). In the next games against the Tampa Bay Lightning (1: 3), the Pittsburgh Penguins (5: 3) and the New York Rangers (3: 1), Ovechkin was left without points.
