MOSCOW, Mar 10 Washington Capitals hockey players were defeated in a regular game championship of the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers. The meeting, which took place in Edmonton, ended in overtime with a score of 4:3 (0:0, 2:1, 1:2, 1:0) in favor of the hosts. Niklas Backstrom (23rd minute) and T.J. Oshie (47, 60) scored in regular time for the Washington Capitals. Kyler Yamamoto (33), Cody Ceci (39) and Brad Malone (51) scored against Edmonton. Oilers captain Connor McDavid (64) scored the winning goal in overtime. Russian Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored eight shots on target and scored no points, defender Dmitry Orlov scored two shots on target, forward Evgeny Kuznetsov chalked it up successful transmission. Washington Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov saved 36 shots out of 40.
