Washington Capitals lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise and ended with a score of 4:1 in favor of the hosts. Jonathan Marchessault (double), Jack Eichel and Mark Stone scored for Vegas. Russian striker Ivan Barbashev made the assist.
Tom Wilson scored the lone goal for Washington. Capital captain Alexander Ovechkin spent 15 minutes and 32 seconds on the ice and could not make any effective moves. The 38-year-old Russian player failed to score in six consecutive matches for the second time this season.
Ovechkin played in 21 games in the National Hockey League this season and recorded 5 goals and 9 assists.
The difference between the Russian player who scored the most goals in the league and Wayne Gretzky is 67 goals. In third place is Gordie Howe, who scored 801 goals during his NHL career.
Former Russian hockey player hit An opponent facing each other in an NHL game.