Washington Capitals lost to Colorado Avalanche in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting ended with a score of 6:2 in favor of the Avalanche.
Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin had an assist and then Dylan Strome scored midway through the third period. At the same time, “capital” was losing 0:4 by that time. This loss was his third in a row and the eighth consecutive time Ovechkin left the ice without scoring a goal this season.
The game against Colorado was Ovechkin’s 1,390th game in the NHL. In terms of the number of matches in the league, Russia ranks 44th overall, coming very close to Doug Mons, who has played one more match. Currently, Ovechkin has scored 830 goals and made 684 assists in these matches.
The Russian forward continues to follow Wayne Gretzky’s sniping record. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals in his NHL career; Ovechkin is now 64 goals behind him. He also set a personal anti-record this season: he failed to score in 14 consecutive matches in November and December. He scored a total of 8 goals and 21 assists in 43 matches this season.
Previously in Washington explained Ovechkin and Kuznetsov ligament rupture.