The meeting took place at the Capital One Arena stadium in Washington and ended with a score of 3: 1.
Washington's Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin has scored 718 goals in the NHL.
Thus, Ovechkin bypassed the Canadian striker Phil Esposito in the list of the top scorers in the history of the NHL, who was ranked sixth in this ranking.
Earlier it was reported that Ovechkin became the sixth top scorer in NHL history.