Wayne Gretzky reacts to Alex Ovechkin who binds her record goals
Wayne Gretzky He started following Alex Ovechkin on Friday evening in the midst of his trip to overcome the big one as a marker of all time of the NHL-The trip was almost done in one day.
Need for three goals to overcome Gretzky, Ovechkin twice marked to tieAnd he tried his dorsal to get a hat -trick.
However, Gretzky had been the solo leader for over 31 years. But now he has company and soon soon, he will look for the first time for some time.
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File: the Canadian retired professional hockey player Wayne Gretzky arrives for the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump has made an oath as 47th President of the United States in the Capitol of the United States Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb-Pool through Imags images)
But Gretzky is more than in peace with his tied record, and soon goes down.
“Okay … this is the game,” said Gretzky at the Monumental Sports Network shortly after that ovechkin has tied it.
“Alex was fantastic for the game, excellent for Washington, excellent for his country of origin. It is wonderful. I am very proud of him, I am proud of what I made, and it is what makes our game so wonderful, they are the great athletes we have and, above all, the good people who are.”
Washington Capitils left the Alex Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after scoring a goal during the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Capital One Arena. (Daniel Kucin Jr.-Magn Autowers)
Alex Ovechkin contrasts: when will he break the Wayne Gretzky score record?
Gretzky became the marker of all time of the NHL on March 23, 1994, when he passed Gordie Howe with his 802nd career objective. He scored another 92 before hanging the toilets in 1999 to bring his total to 894.
Ovechkin Illuminated the lamp Just four minutes from the match against Chicago Blackhawks for inch as close as possible. So, just over five minutes in the third period, the capital began playing power and Owchkin took advantage, taking a passage and crogging it beyond the goalkeeper Spencer Knight.
Washington Capitils left the Alex Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after scoring a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in the third period of the capital One Arena. The goal was the 894th of his career, linking Wayne Gretzky for most goals of all times scored in the NHL. (Images of Geoff Burke-IMAGN)
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The next opportunity for Ovechkin at the record will be on Sunday in New York against the islanders, with the album that will fall at 12:30 et.
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