Washington Capitals defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). The match, which took place in the capital of the USA, ended with the home team winning the penalty shootout with 7:6 (1:2, 2:2, 3:2, 0:0, 1:0).
For Washington Capitals, Russian forward and captain Alexander Ovechkin (34th minute), Sonny Milano (13, 35, 49), John Carlson (44) and Connor McMichael (54) scored goals in normal time. The Russian did not waste his initiative in the conflict. Dylan Strome scored the decisive goal in the penalty shootout. Sebastian Aho (7, 36, 58), Jakob Slavin (20), Brady Shea (40) and Seth Jarvis (50) scored for Carolina Hurricanes.
Ovechkin achieved 56 points (24+32) in 66 games this season. In total, he scored 846 goals during his career in the NHL regular championship, 48 goals behind the legendary Wayne Gretzky, who holds the sniper record.
Earlier, hockey commentator, author of the “HockeyFil” YouTube channel and participant of the “Slippery Ice” podcast Philip Maykov commented on socialbites.ca. explainedHe explained why Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin was able to transform throughout the season and whether he can match Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record before his contract expires.
Previously famous trainer in the name Make a movie about Ovechkin breaking Gretzky’s record.