Alex Ovechkin’s Goal Chase Set More than 1 Record
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Sorokin later personally delivered the stick to the Capitals’ locker room and posed for a picture with Ovechkin and Gretzky.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Washington Capitals’ captain and super sniper, Alexander Ovechkin, broke Wayne Gretzky’s goal-scoring record this weekend when he beat country...
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With his 895th career goal on Sunday, the Washington Capitals star has accomplished what was once unthinkable and surpassed “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky, as the all-time leading goal scorer in NHL ...
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Sorokin is the only Islanders goalie to be healthy all season, with Hogberg dealing with a broken hand and Semyon Varlamov an undisclosed lower-body injury that has sidelined him since Black Friday. The Islanders have just five games left in their season after Tuesday and are on the cusp of being eliminated from playoff contention.
Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin had not given up a goal to Alex Ovechkin in the first three games he played against the Washington Capitals superstar. Ovechkin changed that Sunday when he scored his record-breaking 895th career goal — breaking a tie with Wayne Gretzky — in the second period of the Washington Capitals' 4-1 loss on Sunday.