Ovechkin ties NHL record by scoring on 178 different goalies before leaving with apparent leg injury

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin tied one NHL record in pursuit of another before leaving during the third period with an apparent left leg injury.

Ovechkin scored twice against Utah goaltender Connor Ingram on Monday night, making Ingram the 178th different goaltender he has scored against in his 20-year NHL career. He is tied with Jaromir Jagr. His first goal came with 8:55 left in the first period. He hit again 5:38 in the second.

Karel Vejmelka replaced Ingram in net for Utah immediately after Ovechkin’s second goal.

Ovechkin went to the Capitals’ bench at 5:30 of the third with an apparent lower leg injury after colliding with Utah forward Jack McBain and falling to the ice.

On Sunday night, he tied Patrick Marleau for the second-highest point in NHL history by scoring on former Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov.

With Monday’s goals, Ovechkin needs just 27 goals to surpass Wayne Gretzky for the NHL career goals record. The 39-year-old Russian scored fifteen goals in eighteen games, which brought him to 868 goals in his twentieth season.

He has scored five in the last two games alone.

Ovechkin’s two goals helped the Capitals to a 6-2 victory.

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