During the night of December 16th to 17th, a National Hockey League (NHL) game is taking place at the “Grand Casino Arena” between the squads “Minnesota Wild” and “Washington Capitals.”
At the moment of writing this report, the first period is underway. The score is 0-0. Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin is participating in this contest. For him, this game marks his 1524th career match in the NHL. Thus, the forward has tied Brendan Shanahan in the number of games played, who occupies 21st place in the rankings with 1524 matches as well.
In the current season, Ovechkin has featured in 33 games, during which he recorded 14 goals and 17 assists. In total for his regular season career, he has under his belt 1523 games, in which he netted 911 goals and made 743 assists.
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