Thanks to his success, Ovechkin moved from 11th to ninth place in the list of the best snipers in NHL history during the match in New York. The second abandoned puck allowed him to get around Mario Lemieux, and the third - to catch up with Steve Aizerman. True, if the famous Canadian took 1514 matches to win 692 goals, then the Russian only 1133. The next goal of Ovechkin is Mark Messier, who has 694 goals in the NHL. Wayne Gretzky, the leader of the list, managed to distinguish himself 894 times in his career.

Earlier it was reported that Ovechkin for the first time since 2018 scored hat tricks in two games in a row.