Athletistic / Hockey. On the night of March 8 (Moscow time), the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Washington Capitals in an NHL regular season home game. The match ended with a crushing victory for the capital with a score of 6:0.
In this match, two Russian forwards from Washington, Alexander Ovechkin and Ivan Miroshnichenko, scored goals. Tom Wilson, Nick Jensen, Hendrik Lapierre and Sonny Milano also scored goals for the winners.
Miroshnichenko scored his first NHL goal. Ovechkin scored for the 18th time this season and the 830th time in his career in the North American league.
Washington has scored 67 points in 61 matches and is in 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings. “Pittsburgh” after 61 matches has 64 points and is 12th in the East.
Source: Sport
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