Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin has turn into the 16th player in league historical past to file 1,500 career points. Ovechkin achieved the feat after registering an help in Thursday’s 5-4 shootout loss against the Dallas Stars.
Ovechkin earned a secondary help on Dylan Strome’s third interval purpose that gave the Capitals a 4-3 lead on the time.
“It’s a pretty cool number,” Ovechkin said following Thursday’s contest. “I always say, without my teammates, I would never reach it. It’s pretty cool.”
“I think he’ll get the puck for that one,” Strome added. “That’s OK. He made a good play to get it up there to ‘Mo’ [Anthony Mantha], and he’s a living legend. So, it’s an honor to play with him and, hopefully, I can start feeding him so he can get some more goals.”
Ovechkin now has 827 targets and 673 assists in 1,370 career regular-season video games over his 19-year skilled career. The Capitals star ranks first in staff historical past in video games performed (1,370), targets (827), points (1,500), power-play targets (300) and game-winning targets (124), whereas rating second in assists (673) behind teammate Nicklas Backstrom.
After reaching 1,500-point mark, Ovechkin will have his sights set on another record within the close to future. Ovechkin presently sits 67 targets behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL targets file of 894.
Ovechkin and Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby (1,529 points) are the one lively gamers with 1,500 career points. Ovechkin, who has spent his whole career with the staff, leads the Capitals with 15 points (5 targets and 10 assists) this season.
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