This was made possible thanks to his third puck, abandoned in the regular season match with HC “Carolina Hurricanes.”

Thus, Ovechkin has 237 goals in the majority, which he scored while playing for Washington. He beat striker Pittsburgh Penguins, Mario Lemieux, who recorded 236 pucks. In the third place with 210 goals, most of them are Los Angeles Kings forward Luke Robitail.

According to the total number of pucks in the majority of NHL history, Ovechkin came in sixth place, equaling the Canadian Brendan Shenahen. Higher on this indicator are Dave Andreychak (274), Brett Hull (265), Teemu Seljanne (255), Luke Robitail (247) and Phil Esposito (246).

Earlier it was reported that Ovechkin's hat-trick helped Washington beat Carolina in an NHL match.