In National Hockey League (NHL) regular season play, Washington lost to Arizona on foreign ice.
The meeting ended with a score of 0:6.
The winning team had goals scored by Logan Cooley, Michael Carcone, Jason Zucker, Nick Bjugstad and Nick Schmaltz, who scored a double. At the first break, Arizona was ahead with a score of 5:0. Another goal was scored towards the end of the second period.
Washington is in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 26 points. Arizona sits in seventh place in the Western Conference standings with 28 points.
In the next game, Washington will play against Dallas. The match will be played on December 8. The first match will take place at 4:00 Moscow time. Arizona will play Philadelphia on December 8. The match will start at 5.00 Moscow time.
Ovechkin played in 22 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.
Former American journalist statedThat he hates Ovechkin.