Washington Capitals faced Toronto Maple Leafs in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). The match was played at Capital One Arena in Washington and ended in a 1:4 defeat for the home team.
The winners’ goals were scored by Morgan Rielly, John Tavares, William Nylander and Auston Matthews. The capital’s only goal was scored by Alexander Ovechkin. This was the Russian football player’s first goal of the new season.
Ovechkin now has 823 goals in his NHL career (he scored 42 last season). He is 71 goals behind Wayne Gretzky. The Canadian has 894 goals and remains first among snipers in NHL history.
Washington is in the bottom 16 of the Eastern Conference. The team has 3 points after 5 matches. Toronto sits in third place with eight points after six matches.
Last season, the Stanley Cup was won by the Vegas Golden Knights (4-1), who defeated the Florida Panthers in the final series.
Ovechkin before named A hockey player who could surpass him in goals in the NHL.