Washington Capitals lost to Florida Panthers in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting took place at Capital One Arena in Washington. The main time of the match ended with a score of 3:3, and in extra time the Panthers were stronger, Sam Rinehart scored the winning goal. The winners also included Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Alexander Barkov and Evan Rodriguez. Anthony Mantha scored a brace and Connor McMiles scored for Washington.
Florida’s Russian goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves in the match.
The Russian striker and captain of the losing team, Alexander Ovechkin, failed to score a goal in the match and extended his goalless streak to five matches. He recorded 2 goals and 6 assists in only 11 matches of the season. Also, Russian Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov could not score a point.
In the current season of the National Hockey League regular season, the Washington Capitals have six losses in 11 games. Florida won for the seventh time in 12 games.
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Source: Gazeta
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