Athletistic / Hockey. The Washington Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-2 in an NHL regular season home game. Alexander Ovechkin contributed enormously to this Capitals success.
The Caps captain managed to score twice against the Devils last night and also contributed an assist. This helped him extend his NHL regular season points streak to nine games. The last time Ovechkin failed to make an impact was on January 24 in a game against the Minnesota Wild (3:5).
This season, Alexander Ovechkin has 51 games and 41 (16+25) points in the goal+pass system.
- Ovechkin closed the gap on Gretzky’s record to 56 goals
Washington is in 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings with 58 points after 54 matches.
Source: Sport
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