Washington lost to Vancouver in the NHL match with a score of 2:3
The Washington Capitals lost to the Vancouver Canucks in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
The match took place at the Capital One Arena in Washington and ended with a score of 2:3. Thus, the puck of Russian Washington Capitals striker Alexander Ovechkin did not save the team from defeat.
The Russian scored a goal in the fifth game in a row and reduced the gap from Wayne Gretzky, who is the best sniper in the history of the NHL regular championships, to 59 goals. The forward has 835 goals. This season, Ovechkin played 47 matches in the NHL regular season. He scored 12 goals and 23 assists.
On February 11, Ovechkin broke one of Gretzky’s records. In the match against the Boston Bruins, the Russian scored the 57th goal in his career. Thus, in terms of this indicator, the Washington captain surpassed Gretzky, who hit the goal without a goalkeeper 56 times.
Source: Lenta
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