Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin shattered a Wayne Gretzky NHL objectives report in Saturday’s win over the Boston Bruins — though not the one Ovechkin hopes to interrupt quickly.
Ovechkin’s empty-net objective at 19:33 of the third interval was the 57th of his profession, breaking a tie with Gretzky for probably the most in NHL historical past. The Capitals shut out the Bruins 3-0 in Boston to snap a six-game winless streak.
Ovechkin is now 60 objectives shy of tying Gretzky’s NHL profession report of 894.
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No different gamers have scored greater than 40 profession empty netters. Gretzky scored 56 empty-net objectives in 1,487 video games, whereas Ovechkin wanted 1,394 video games to interrupt the mark.
Ovechkin can be the all-time NHL chief in power-play (304) and time beyond regulation objectives (26).
It was the Capitals captain’s twelfth objective of the season. Whereas Ovechkin’s scoring output is down for Washington, he is heating up with objectives in 4 straight video games.
The Capitals face the Vancouver Canucks at dwelling on Sunday.