Jaromir Jagr has known for a while that Alex Ovechkin would pass him on the NHL career goals list, and he was prepared.
After Ovechkin scored his 767th career goal to pass Jagr for third on the league’s all-time list, Jagr congratulated the 36-year-old Russian in a video — and told “The Great 8” that his place on that list isn’t safe.
“Alex, The Great 8, congratulations. Now you become the leading NHL goal scorer among European players,” Jagr said.