In the next game of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season, the Washington Capitals came out stronger than the New York Islanders.
The match, which took place at Capital One Arena, the capital of the United States, ended with the host winning with a score of 3:2 in extra time. The winners’ goals were scored by Hendrix Lapierre, Joel Edmundson and Dylan Strome. Hudson Fashing and Anders Lee scored the goals for the visiting team.
Russian forward and Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin spent 19 minutes and 1 second on the ice (4:58 of which was the majority), had five shots on goal, made one hit and finished the game with a utility score of “-2”.
The Russian also updated his personal anti-record by extending his streak without scoring a goal to 14 consecutive matches. The 38-year-old forward played in 29 games this season and scored only 18 points, 5 goals and 13 assists.
In total, the player scored 827 goals during his time in the NHL. The difference between Ovechkin, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history, and Wayne Gretzky is 67 goals.
It was previously reported that Alexander Ovechkin. i got caught Evgeni Malkin in NHL rankings based on overtime points.