Washington Capitals hosted Columbus Blue Jackets in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) and won with a score of 2:1.
In the first period, the home team hit the opponent’s goal twice. Tom Wilson and Sonny Milano scored. At the beginning of the second period, Dmitry Voronkov managed to get a goal back. Kirill Marchenko served as one of his assistants.
After this victory, Washington rose to 11th place in the Eastern Conference.
It is worth noting that this match was the fourth consecutive game for Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin in which the forward left the field without scoring a goal. The Russian player scored his last goal against New Jersey on October 26.
This NHL season, Ovechkin appeared in 10 games in which he scored two goals and six assists. During his entire NHL career, the Russian forward scored 824 goals. The difference with Wayne Gretzky is 70 goals. In third place is Gordie Howe, who scored 801 goals during his NHL career.
Previously reportedHe said Panarin extended his scoring streak to 11 games.