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Alex Ovechkin, 39, is chasing history while Ryan Leonard, 20, is chasing a dream.
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Ovechkin scored his 892nd goal to extend his goal streak to three games and move within three of breaking Gretzky’s record of 894 in the Washington Capitals’ 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at Le...
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Ovechkin has 892 goals in 1,485 games during his 20 NHL seasons, all with Washington, which selected him with the No. 1 pick in the 2006 NHL Draft.
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Leonard signed with the Caps on Monday after his season at Boston College ended. He will begin Tuesday’s game on a line with Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas.
Will Smith, Leonard’s center and former National Team Development Program linemate, chose to leave BC after his freshman season and sign with the San Jose Sharks. Leonard did not follow. He wanted one more go with the Eagles alongside fellow sophomores Drew Fortescue, Jacob Fowler and Gabe Perreault, all NHL picks. Leonard did not regret it.
BOSTON -- Ryan Leonard was in the Boston College locker room, moments from signing with the Washington Capitals, when a text message popped up on his phone. It was Alex Ovechkin.
The Washington Capitals signed their highest draft pick since 2007 to an entry-level contract on Monday. Following the Boston College Eagles loss to Denver in the NCAA Tournament over the weekend, forward Ryan Leonard signed a three-year deal worth $950,
Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard wasn’t born yet when Alex Ovechkin was drafted in 2004. He was only eight months old when the Russian scored his first two goals in his NHL debut in 2005.
Attention and eyes are fully fixed on the Caps because captain Alex Ovechkin has scored in each of the team’s last three games – across a span of just four nights – to whittle the distance between himself (892 career goals) and Wayne Gretzky (894) to just two. That leaves Ovechkin a hat trick shy of becoming the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer.
Alex Ovechkin moved four goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 891st of his career in the Washington Capitals game against the Bruins in Boston on Tuesday night.
On the eve of a critical matchup with the Boston Bruins, the Washington Capitals signed a talented prospect to help Alex Ovechkin in his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record.