Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin tied Jaromir Jagr for No. 3 on the NHL’s all-time targets record at 766 after scoring twice in a 5-4 win on the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night time.
Ovechkin, 36, scored his thirty fifth objective of the season at 13:23 of the second interval, creating the scoring likelihood with a punishing examine on Calgary defenseman Chris Tanev within the nook. He tied Jagr by scoring his thirty sixth objective into an empty Calgary internet with 1:48 remaining within the third interval.
Ovechkin has 766 targets in 1,253 video games within the NHL courting again to 2005-06. It took Jagr 1,733 video games to achieve 766 targets. He missed three seasons (2008-09 via 2010-11) whereas enjoying within the Kontinental Hockey League.
Jagr, 50, final performed within the NHL throughout the 2017-18 season. He is continued his profession with Kladno of the Czech Extraliga, competing of their season finale on Tuesday at Prague’s O2 Enviornment, in a recreation that raised funds for Ukrainian households in search of asylum within the Czech Republic after Russia’s invasion.
It was Ovechkin’s one hundred and twentieth profession game-winning objective, placing him one objective behind Gordie Howe for second all-time, trailing solely Jagr (135). Ovechkin recorded his 157th profession multi-goal recreation, leaving him one shy of tying Brett Hull (158) for the second-most multi-goal video games in NHL historical past. Purpose No. 766 was Ovechkin’s forty seventh profession empty internet objective, trailing solely Wayne Gretzky (56).
In fact, there is a better chase at hand for Ovechkin and Gretzky. Ovechkin now trails Gretzky’s all-time NHL targets report (894) by 128 targets. If Ovechkin passes Jagr, the subsequent benchmark will likely be Gordie Howe’s 801 profession targets.
It was Ovechkin’s first street recreation following his feedback on Feb. 25 about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ovechkin has been an ardent supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin through the years. In 2017, he campaigned on behalf of Putin by beginning a social media motion known as Putin Crew.
“Please, no extra warfare. It would not matter who’s within the warfare — Russia, Ukraine, totally different international locations — now we have to dwell in peace,” Ovechkin stated.
Flames followers continuously booed Ovechkin when he touched the puck on Tuesday night time.