Ovechkin made two assists in the NHL game and caught up in the number of assists in Datsyuk's career two assists in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Pittsburgh Penguins. This was reported by the Lenta.ru correspondent.
The meeting took place on the night of Monday, November 15, and ended with a score of 6: 1 in favor of the capital club. The goal and an assist were also scored by the Russian striker of the Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Ovechkin brought the number of assists in the NHL to 604 and caught up with the former Detroit Red Wings striker Pavel Datsyuk. Now athletes share the fourth place by this indicator among all Russian hockey players.
Sergey Fedorov is the best assistant among Russians in the NHL (696 passes). In second place is Evgeny Malkin (680), the top three is closed by Sergei Zubov (619).