Washington D.C. captain Alexander Ovechkin has reached a new achievement in the National League. The player played the 1,282nd game of his career and surpassed defenseman Daryl Sydor in terms of the number.
The Capitals met with the Florida Panthers and the game ended 5-2 in favor of the Panthers. Ovechkin did not have any productive actions, but achieved a new achievement.
The player played in NHL for 1281 games. The Russian surpassed Canadian Sidor, who has appeared on the ice 1,281 times in the National League. Now Ovechkin ranks 70th in NHL history in the number of games played.
The game against Florida was the 18th for the Capitals captain this season. The hockey player has eight pucks on his account with a utility rating of -14.