483. That is the record for the most amount of goals that a Russian player has scored in the NHL. I got home from work recently and opened my computer to check hockey stuff. I was surprised that Ovechkin's goal against the Leafs had only tied Sergei Fedorov's record:
I immediately wondered how in the hell Pavel Bure was not in the top 2 or 3 overall. I mean, that dude scored a hell of a lot of goals in a shortened career. But here are the overall stats of the top 3 scoring Russians in NHL history:
Alexander Ovechkin: 772 games played, 483 goals, 910 points
Sergei Fedorov: 1248 games played, 483 goals, 1179 points
Pavel Bure: 702 games played, 437 goals, 779 points
Ovechkin is 30 years old.