Slovak hockey defender Martin Fehérváry participated in Washington’s victory over St. Petersburg with his fifth assist of the season. Louis 6:1 in an NHL night game. Captain Washington Alexander also made his mark Ovechkin, who scored the jubilee 900th goal in the regular season of the NHL. Slovak striker Dalibor Dvorský did not score in the away team’s jersey.
Ovechkin, who last season surpassed Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record for regular season goals (894 goals), scored his 900th goal in his 1,504th regular season game. In the 23rd minute, he made it 2-0 when defender Jacob Chychrun’s shot bounced off the back post directly to Ovechkin, who backhanded the puck into Jordan Binnington’s goal.
“A few days ago someone asked me, ‘Are you thinking about it?’ Of course. It’s a huge number. No one in NHL history has ever done that. So yeah, it’s nice to get it over with and it’s nice to get it done on home ice so the fans and family can be there.” he stated Ovechkin.
The 40-year-old veteran became the first player to reach 900 goals in the NHL regular season. In the 30th minute, Fehérváry was also included in the Canadian scoring, when he was at the beginning of the action, which was finished by defender John Carlson. After his goal to make it 4-0, the visitors changed the goalkeeper and Binnington was replaced by Joel Hofer. Fehérváry spent a total of 19:34 minutes on the ice and added a plus point, a shot and three hits to his statistics. After 13 games of the current season, he has 1 goal and 5 assists.
Dvorsky he did not follow up on the previous game against Edmonton, in which he scored his first goal of the season and did not register in the Canadian scoring. In the position of the center of the third formation he played 16:48 minutes, during which he added one negative point. He presented himself with two shots, two hits, and two blocked shots. He won one out of seven face-offs. Washington won for the first time after four losses, the Blues lost the eighth game in the past nine.
Samuel Honzek also got a point for the assist. He was involved in Calgary’s successful entry into the match with Columbus, in which the Flames eventually won 5:1. In the 2nd minute, the Slovak striker helped to get the puck in front of the opponent’s goal and Blake Coleman made it 2:0. For the 20-year-old Honzek, it was the third Canadian point (1+2) in the 13th game of the season. The Flames have won back-to-back games for the first time this season, but remain in last place in the Western Conference.
