Athletistic / Hockey. On the night of April 5, the Washington Capitals hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins in an NHL regular season home game. The meeting ended with a confident victory of the Penguins with a score of 4:1.
Ryan Shea, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Michael Bunting and Lars Eller scored goals for the winners. The only goal for the capital was scored by its captain Alexander Ovechkin.
Ovechkin has scored 60 points (27+33) in goals and assists in 72 games this NHL season. He has 45 goals left before equaling Wayne Gretzky’s record.
Pittsburgh’s Russian forward Evgeniy Malkin did not score any effective action in 17:36, but finished the match with a useful score of “+1”.
Washington scored 82 points in 75 games and fell to 9th place in the Eastern Conference standings, losing a playoff spot. “Pittsburgh” after 76 matches has 81 points and occupies 11th place in the East.
Source: Sport
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