In the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL), Washington Capitals hosted the Edmonton Oilers and suffered a crushing defeat with a score of 0:5.
The guest team went into the halftime ahead with two goals. Evander Kane and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored. Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl (double) scored in the second period.
Washington Capitals are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 22 points. Spencer Carbury’s side ended their five-game winning streak in a row. Edmonton is second to last in the Western Conference.
Ovechkin played in 17 games in the NHL this season and recorded 5 goals and 7 assists. The difference between the Russian player who scored the most goals in the league and Wayne Gretzky is now 67 goals. The Russian striker could not score a goal in the last two matches. In the match against Edmonton Ovechkin won the right to a two-minute deletion For hitting the opponent’s face.
Previously reportedPanarin went scoreless in his third straight NHL game.