New York Rangers defeated Washington Capitals in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported by “Sports Express”.
The match was played at the Madison Square Garden arena in New York and ended with the home team winning with a score of 5:1.
K’Andre Miller (twice), Artemi Panarin, Braden Schneider and Alexi Lafreniere scored for the winners. Panarin also had an assist. He was chosen as the second star of the match.
Washington’s only goal came from Anthony Mantha. Capital captain Alexander Ovechkin had three shots on goal and failed to score a point. This season the forward appeared on the ice in 32 matches and recorded only 20 points (6 goals and 14 assists).
In total, the player scored 828 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 66 goals.
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