Capitals Alex Ovechkin nets 500th goal against Senators

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Alex Ovechkin hit another big milestone on Sunday and set himself apart from every Ru sian NHL player that came before him.
The Dave Henderson Jersey Capitals star netted his 500th career goal with 3:41 to play in the second period againstthe Senatorsto becomethe 43rd player in NHL history to score 500and the first Ru sian-born player Yusmeiro Petit Jersey to reach that mark. He is also one of just six players to score his 500th before his 31st birthday.
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Ovechkinfittinglyset the mark on the power play with his patented snap shot from the far-side faceoffcircle, beating a flailing Senators goalie Andrew Hammond glove side. He had a goldenopportunity ona breakaway earlier in the second period, only Josh Phegley Jersey to hit the cro sbar.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Best part of Ovechkin's 500th is all his teammates immediately jumping onto the ice to mob him
Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) The three-time MVP and seven-time All-Star has eight goals in his last seven games. Ovechkinhad pa sed Hall of Famer and Red Wings great Sergei Fedorov (483) as the highest-scoring Blank Jersey Ru sian player in NHL history in November earlier this season.
Ovechkin is among the fastestNHL players to reach the scoring mark, doing so in his 801st career game.Only Wayne Gretzky (575),Mario Lemieux (605), Mike Bo sy (647) andBrett Hull (741) scored 500 goals in fewer than 800 games, whilePhil Esposito scored his 500thin Jed Lowrie Jersey his 803rd game.
Since entering the league a decade ago in the 2005-06 season, Ovechkin has scored 147 more goals and tallied46 more points than any other player. He has 24 goals and 13 a sists in 41games Sonny Gray Jersey this season and ranks No. 14 among point leaders.
If Ovechkin'sstatus as one of the greatest goal-scorers in NHL historywasn't solidified already, it certainly has been now.
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