Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against Minnesota.
The referees canceled the goal for offside after watching the replay of the video. This incident occurred in the middle of the second period.
Ovechkin already had one assist in the match. The game between Washington and Minnesota is five minutes into the third quarter (2:2).
On the night of October 26, as Washington defeated the New Jersey Devils on the road with a score of 6:4, Ovechkin scored his team’s sixth goal by hitting the empty goal. The Capitals won six games in regulation time for the first time since the start of the season. The goal was Ovechkin’s 824th career goal, 70 goals shy of Gretzky’s sniper record. In total, Ovechkin scored two goals in the new season of the NHL regular championship.
The Russian player could not score in the first four matches of the season. The Russian forward has a total of five matches this season, one goal and two assists.
It was known before necessary Ovechkin to improve his performance.