Russian Dmitry Orlov’s overtime goal wins Washington in NHL game
The Washington Capitals defeated the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The meeting was held in New York and ended with the score 4:3 in favor of the guests. The victory for “Washington” was brought by the goal of Russian defender Dmitry Orlov in overtime. He also provided an assist in the second period. The athlete was recognized as the first star of the match. In total, in the 2022/2023 season, the hockey player scored 14 points according to the “goal plus pass” system in 30 games.
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Orlov, 31, has been playing in the capital’s team since 2011. Together with Washington in 2018, he won the Stanley Cup. In addition, the hockey player has a gold and three bronze medals of the world championships in the Russian team.
In addition to Orlov, Russians Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alexander Romanov and Alexander Ovechkin made assists in the match against the Islanders. For Ovechkin, this assist was the 650th in his NHL career. He came in third place in this indicator among Russian league players. On the second and third lines are former Detroit Red Wings forward Sergei Fedorov (696) and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (728).
Ovechkin is the second-highest player in NHL history in terms of goals. The forward scored 810 goals and is currently second only to Canadian Wayne Gretzky with 891 goals.
Source: Lenta
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