Washington Capitals defeated the San Jose Sharks in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The match, which took place at the Capital One Arena stadium in Washington, resulted in a 3:1 victory for the capital.
In this match the Sharks opened the scoring; Luke Kanin scored in the 12th minute. The Caps only managed to equalize at the start of the first period when Dylan Strome shot the puck away. With five minutes left, Tom Wilson put the capital’s team ahead, and a few seconds before the final siren, Washington’s Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov set the final score of the match.
Russian forward and Capitals’ captain Alexander Ovechkin scored two points in this match as an assistant – helping Wilson and Kuznetsov to score.
Washington earned its third straight victory in the National Hockey League’s regular season; In total, the team won four matches and lost four matches. San Jose has not yet won a single match in the new season; This defeat was the team’s ninth consecutive defeat.
Ovechkin before had tried Prevent your opponent from scoring by playing without a stick.