MOSCOW Feb 13 The Washington Capitals lost to the Ottawa Senators in home game of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting in Washington ended with a score of 4:1 (2:0, 1:1, 1:0) in favor of the Senators. The winners had goals scored by Alex Formenton (6th minute), Adam Gaudette (16), Brady Tkachuk (39) and Connor Brown (51). The only puck of the hosts from the transfer of Russian Alexander Ovechkin was scored by Niklas Beckström (21). The 36-year-old Ovechkin now has 60 (29 + 31) points on the “goal + pass” system this season. The match against Ottawa was Ovechkin's 1,245th league career, making him 95th in NHL history, ahead of Jason Arnott and Allan Stanley. In the next game, he will surpass the result of Daniel Alfredsson (1246). In another match, “Montreal” lost at home to the hockey players “Buffalo” — 3:5, Jeff Skinner designed poker for the guests.
