OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL report for probably the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in additional time to provide the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday evening.
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL report for probably the most goaltenders scored on, beating Leevi Merilainen in additional time to provide the Washington Capitals a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday evening.
Merilainen grew to become the 179th goalie Ovechkin has scored in opposition to, breaking a tie with Jaromir Jagr atop the profession listing. The 22-year-old rookie from Finland was showing in his eighth sport within the league.
“You have to know when he’s on the ice he’s going to shoot everything like he did today,” Merilainen mentioned.
Ovechkin’s purpose got here on his third shot on internet and fifth try. He took a go from Rasmus Sandin on a 2-on-1 breakaway and fired it previous Merilainen.
“I knew I should take a shot as soon as I can because I thought he may be thinking maybe I will pass it back to Sandy,” Ovechkin mentioned.
“It was a good one, and it went in, so I’ll take it.”
Earlier in January, Ovechkin scored for a twenty eighth time on Marc-Andre Fleury, tops amongst all of the netminders he has confronted since arriving in North America in 2005.
Ovechkin is chasing Wayne Gretzky’s profession objectives report. With No. 874, he moved 21 away from passing Gretzky’s mark of 894 that lengthy appeared unapproachable.
The 39-year-old winger continues scoring at a charge unseen in hockey historical past. Ovechkin is on tempo to get to 895 and past this spring.
Ovechkin’s purpose in opposition to Ottawa was his twenty first of the season in simply his twenty ninth sport — he missed 16 video games due to a damaged left leg. He has gotten to twenty in all 20 of his seasons within the league, together with 2013 when a lockout shortened it to 48 video games and 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic reduce the schedule to 56 video games.
The Capitals — with 30 wins, 10 losses and 5 additional time losses — are atop the NHL standings.
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