Anaheim Ducks hosted Washington Capitals.
Teemu Selänne, 54, played in the NHL for 21 seasons and the playoffs, including almost 1,600 matches. Inka Soveri
Teemu Selänne met Alexandr Ovetshkinin At the Honda Center, Anaheim Ducks’ home cave. Ducks and Washington Capitals meet Finnish time early Wednesday morning.
Both Capitals and Ducks posted pictures of the meeting on their somme platforms.
– It was nice to see him, Ovetshkin said the journalist next to the ducks Zach Cavanagnn by.
– He’s a legend and a great person.
Ovetshkin chasing fiercely Wayne Gretzky For a long time, a paint record that has been considered uncompromising.
– People do not have the right idea what kind of record is now, Selänne comments On the NHL website.
– I’m really excited.
Gretzky scored 894 regular season goals in his career. Ovetshkin is only eight goals away.
– If you play 20 seasons and score an average of 45 goals, it will be 900 goals. Many things have to go right, your back is doing.
– He was injured earlier in the season when he was really hot. He might have already grabbed a record without injury.
In his career, Selänne scored 684 regular season goals.
Ovetshkin passed Selänne on the all-time NHL paint list in January 2020.
Edited story at 0.10. Added Selänne comments.