Hockey player Alexander Ovechkin ranked second among Russians in the number of games in the National League.
Washington faced the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday, December 7, on the ice. The game ended in a 4-1 win for Washington. The Russian scored a double-double and Ovechkin scored both times in an empty net.
For the Capitals' captain, the game was 1302nd during his NHL career. Now the player is ahead of Sergei Gonchar who played 1301 games in the National League.
Alexei Kovalev is the leader among Russians in NHL play, Alexei Kovalev played 1316 games in the NHL.