The Russian excelled in the regular season match with the New York Islanders.
Thus, Ovechkin caught up with Mario Lemieux on abandoned goals and now with him takes the tenth place in this indicator.
The record holder is Wayne Gretzky (894 goals), Gordy Howe (801) takes the second place, and Jaromir Jagr (766) closes the top three.
Earlier, the Tampa coach called Andrei Vasilevsky an important part of the success of the team.