On February 9, Florida Panthers hosted Washington Capitals in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The match ended with the victory of the home team with a score of 4:2.
The score in the match was opened at the end of the first period. Alexander Ovechkin scored the goal. Matthew Tkachuk tied the score in the second period. Anthony Mantha put the Capitals ahead again before the second intermission, but Sam Rinehart regained the balance with a power play conversion.
In the last twenty minutes, Florida players hit the opponent’s goal twice (Ryan Lomberg and Eetu Luostarinen).
After this game, Washington still sits in 12th place with 51 points.
This season, the Russian forward played in a total of 46 games in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) and recorded 11 goals and 22 assists.
Ovechkin continues to pursue Wayne Gretzky’s sniping record. The Russian has 833 goals. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals in his NHL career; Ovechkin is now 61 goals behind him.
Previously reportedOvechkin scored in his third straight NHL game.