Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored on the 179th different goaltender of his career, breaking his tie with Jaromir Jagr for the most in NHL history.
Ovechkin beat Ottawa Senators netminder Leevi Merilainen in overtime to seal Thursday’s 1-0 victory and accomplish the feat. Merilainen was playing in his 10th career NHL game.
The goal was the 874th of Ovechkin’s career in his 1,455th contest, putting him 21 tallies away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record.
Ovechkin has done most of his damage against longtime Pittsburgh Penguins rival Marc-Andre Fleury, according to Capitals PR.
Rank
Goalie
Goals
1
Marc-Andre Fleury
28
2
Henrik Lundqvist
24
T-3
Kari Lehtonen
22
T-3
Carey Price
22
T-5
Cam Ward
19
T-5
Ryan Miller
19
7
Ondrej Pavelec
18
8
Sergei Bobrovsky
16
9
Devan Dubnyk
12
T-10
Brian Elliott
11
T-10
Andrei Vasilevskiy
11
Ovechkin has scored 37 goals in 58 matchups against the Senators, trailing only Jagr’s 44 tallies in 79 outings for the most by a single opponent.
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