Ovechkin reached the net third place in the NHL for goals in an empty net

At the end of the NHL regular season match with the Dallas Stars (4: 1), the Russians threw the puck into the empty net.

Now on his account 34 goals in an empty net. In this indicator, he came out on a clean third place, ahead of Mario Lemieux (33).

The record holder is Wayne Gretzky with 56 goals. Behind him is Marian Gossa (40).

Earlier it was reported that the goals of Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov helped “Washington” beat “Dallas” in the NHL.