The National Hockey League (NHL) Washington Capitals defeated Columbus in preseason play.
The meeting ended with a score of 4:2. Among the winners, Alexey Protas, Riley Sutter and Anthony Mantha stood out. Washington’s Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin did not make any impact.
Brendan Gons and Markus Bjork scored for Columbus.
Ovechkin, who played in 74 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL) last season, scored 42 goals and 33 assists. However, this did not help the Capitals reach the tournament’s play-offs.
The Russian player currently has 822 goals scored in his NHL career. The difference with Wayne Gretzky is 72. The Canadian player has 894 goals and continues to rank first among snipers in NHL history.
In the first game of the regular season, Washington will play against Pittsburgh. The meeting will take place on October 14. The first match will take place at 2.30 Moscow time.
Columbus will play Philadelphia. The match will start on October 13 at 2:00 Moscow time.
Ovechkin before did not enter He is among the top 30 NHL players according to TSN.
Source: Gazeta
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