Washington plays Arizona in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game.
After the first period, Washington, played by Russian Alexander Ovechkin, lost with a score of 0:5.
Logan Cooley, Michael Carcone, Jason Zucker and Nick Schmaltz, who scored a double, scored for Arizona.
Ovechkin played in 21 games in the NHL this season and recorded 5 goals and 9 assists.
The difference between the Russian who holds the record in the number of goals scored in the league (827 goals) and Wayne Gretzky (894) is 67 goals. In third place is Gordie Howe, who scored 801 goals during his NHL career.
On the night of December 3, Moscow time, Washington Capitals lost to the Vegas Golden Knights (1:4) in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 38-year-old Russian player failed to score in six consecutive matches for the second time this season.
Washington is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 26 points.
Formerly Canadian journalist statedThat it could tarnish Ovechkin’s legacy.