Washington Capitals defeated Philadelphia Flyers in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting, which took place at the Capital One Arena stadium in Washington, ended with a score of 5:2 in favor of the capital.
The winning team scored goals from Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin, Sonny Milano, John Carlson, Anthony Mantha and Dylan Strome. Bobby Brink and Owen Tippett scored for Philadelphia, assisted by Russian player Egor Zamula.
This season, 38-year-old Ovechkin played in 56 matches and scored 17 goals and made 27 assists in these matches. The Russian continues to chase after Wayne Gretzky in the race to find the best snipers in league history. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals during his career. Ovechkin now has 839 goals, the difference is 55 goals.
Ovechkin 1,400 in a game against the Florida Panthers on February 25. Played the NHL game. He became the 41st player in the league to surpass this goal.
Washington got its second win in the last three games of the regular season. Philadelphia lost its third of its last four NHL games.
Ovechkin before hit another Gretzky record.