MOSCOW, May 14 Washington Capitals hockey players lose to Florida Panthers in the sixth match of the series of the first round of the playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) and were eliminated from the Stanley Cup. , 2:2, 1:0). Ryan Lomberg (27), Claude Giroud (49) and Alexander Barkov (55) scored goals in regular time. The Washington Capitals scored goals from Nick Dowd (24), Niklas Backstrom (42) and T.J. Oshie (59). The author of the decisive puck in overtime was the striker of “Florida” Carter Verage (63). The Russian goalie “Panthers” Sergei Bobrovsky repelled 34 shots of 37. Captain “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin made one shot on target and held six power moves. Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov provided one assist. Defender “capital” Dmitry Orlov was marked by two shots on target and four hits. Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov has 27 saves to his credit. The score in the best-of-four series was 4-2 in favor of Florida, which made it to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time since 1996. The Capitals have not made it past the first leg of the Stanley Cup since 2019. In 2018, Washington won the Stanley Cup for the first time in history.
