“My oldest son was 11 years old yesterday. He asked me to score today. I think that everything turned out as well as possible, ”Montreal Gazette quotes Kovalchuk.

According to him, everything was great, since he saw his family members hugging each other after his goal.

Kovalchuk scored a victory for the “Montreal” puck and reached a clean third place in the history of the NHL in goals in the OT. For Montreal, this victory was the third in a row.

Kovalchuk’s reaction to his winning OT goal in the match against Toronto was previously published.