Puck and assist from the Russian attacker Alexandra Ovechkina help “Washington Capitals “win against”Boston “in an NHL regular season game.
The match in Boston ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the Capitals. The team from the American capital ended its six-game losing streak.
Ovechkin helped Dylan Strome score early in the third period. This is the Russian’s 23rd assist this season. In the last minute of the third period, Ovechkin scored the hosts’ empty net – this is the Russian’s twelfth goal of the season. Ovechkin scored a goal in the fourth straight game.
Ovechkin increased his NHL goal total to 834 and closed the gap on Gretzky’s record to 60 goals.
The 38-year-old Russian ranks second on the list of best snipers in league history, followed by Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
This season, Ovechkin has 35 points (12 goals + 23 assists) in 47 games.
NHL. Regular season
Boston Bruins (Boston) – Washington Capitals (Washington) – 0:3 (0:0, 0:1, 0:2)
Goals: Oshi, 9:05 p.m. (bol.). Strom, 43:27. Ovechkin, 59:32.
Source : MatchTV
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