Athletistic / Hockey. The Washington Capitals lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs last night in an NHL regular season home game. The meeting ended with a confident victory of the Canadian team with a score of 7:3.
Auston Matthews scored twice for the winners, and John Tavares, William Nylander, Jake McCabe, Tyler Bertuzzi and Bobby McMann also scored once. For the Capital, their captain Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals and Connor McMichael scored another goal.
Russian Caps forward Ivan Miroshnichenko scored an assist in the game against the Leafs.
Toronto has scored 87 points in 68 games and is in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings. “Washington” after 68 matches has 75 points and is in ninth place in the East.
Source: Sport

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