MOSCOW, Apr 21 Washington Capitals lost to Vegas in overtime Golden Knights» in an away match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting in Las Vegas ended with a score of 4:3 (1:1, 0:1, 2:1, 1:0) in favor of the hosts. Alec Martinez (14th minute), Evgeny Dadonov (43), Chandler Stevenson (43) and Shea Theodore (63) scored goals for the Golden Knights. Yevgeny Kuznetsov scored a goal at the capital club (7) and Alexander Ovechkin scored a brace (23, 54). Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov and Kuznetsov also made one assist each, and Dadonov assisted a teammate in overtime and was recognized as the third star of the match.Ovechkin scored 49th and 50th goals this season and surpassed the record Teemu Selanne (48) in goals among players aged 36 and over. Ovechkin scored 50 goals for the ninth time in an NHL season. He repeated the record of Wayne Gretzky and Mike Bossy. The captain of «Washington» entered the top 20 leading scorers in NHL history, gaining 1410 points in his career. The Russian surpassed the result of Dale Hawerchuk (1409). Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson became the 160th goaltender to concede Ovechkin in the NHL. The 36-year-old Ovechkin scored 780 goals in his career. In the ranking of snipers of all time, the Russian continues to pursue second Gordie Howe (801).
