Athletistic / Hockey. The Washington Capitals faced the New York Islanders in an NHL regular season away game on the night of December 30. The Islanders won with a score of 5:1.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Julien Gauthier scored twice each for the New York club, and Noah Dobson scored another goal for the Islanders. The capital’s only precise shot was scored by striker Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
It is noteworthy that Aube-Kubel scored 18 seconds before the final siren and did not allow the Russian goalkeeper of the “islanders” Ilya Sorokin to score a goal. The 28-year-old goalkeeper stopped 26 of 27 shots against his side.
Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin spent 17 minutes 6 seconds on the ice, did not show any effective actions and received a utility coefficient of “-1”.
The Islanders are fourth in the Eastern Conference standings with 43 points after 35 games. Washington lost for the third consecutive time and is in ninth place in the East with 39 points.
Source: Sport
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