Washington Capitals hosted the Los Angeles Kings in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) and won with a score of 4:3.
In the second period, the home team scored first with a goal from Nick Dowd and then conceded two goals in six minutes (Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala). Even before the break, Washington managed to bounce back. Dylan Strome scored the goal and team captain Alexander Ovechkin assisted him.
In the last period, Fiala scored a double point and then the home team fought back and took the lead again (Nicolas Aube-Kubel and John Carlson).
For Ovechkin, it was his sixth goal-scoring action in his last five straight NHL games. The Russian player played a total of 38 matches on the ice this season and recorded 8 goals and 18 assists.
In total, Ovechkin scored 830 goals during his time in the NHL. He is behind Wayne Gretzky, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history with 64 goals.
It was previously reported that the Russian hockey player acted alone. -headed Goal race in the NHL.