Alexander Ovechkin scored his 915th goal and updated the NHL record.

On January 8, Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin scored one goal in Washington's home match with Dallas of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season and updated his record.

The meeting ended with the defeat of the capital's team with a score of 1:4. Ovechkin's goal was Washington's only scoring point. Radek Faksa, Sam Steele, Wyatt Johnston and Roope Hintz scored for Dallas.

The Russian forward brought the total number of goals in the NHL, including the playoffs, to 992 and approached the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who scored 1,016 goals.

Ovechkin has scored 18 goals and 19 assists in 44 games this season. His club is in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division with 50 points, while Dallas is second in the Central Division with 60 points.

Ivanovo means: the results of the regular season before the break in the NHL

Demidov is the best rookie, Ovechkin stopped scoring, and a Russian link appeared in Minnesota.

On December 13, Ovechkin rose to a clean tenth place in the history of the NHL championships in terms of the number of points scored in the majority. The striker reached the mark of 611 points (328 goals and 283 assists) in games in most championships, surpassing Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr in this indicator. Currently, the record for the most points belongs to Canadian Wayne Gretzky (890 points).

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