MOSCOW, January 8 Washington Capitals hockey players beat » Los Angeles Kings» in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting, which took place in the US capital, ended with a score of 4:3 (0:0, 2:2, 2:1) in favor of the home team. The winners included goals from Nic Dowd (25th minute), Dylan Strome (36), Nicholas Aube-Kubel (49) and John Carlson (60). Adrian Kempe (28) and Kevin Fiala (34, 42) scored for Los Angeles.
National Hockey League (NHL)07 January 2024 • start at 23:00Finished
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24:22 • Nic Dowd (Nicholas Aube-Kubel, John Carlson)
35:35 • Dylan Strome (Alexander Ovechkin, Max Pacioretty)
48:36 • Nicholas Aube-Kubel (Nick Dowd)
59:07 • John Carlson (Beck Malensteen, Nicholas Aube-Kubel)
27:12 • Adrian Kempe (Drew Doty, Anze Kopitar)
33:02 • Kevin Fiala (Phillip Danault, Miki Anderson)
41:01 • Kevin Fiala (Quinton Byfield)
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Russian striker and Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin scored an assist and extended his scoring streak to five matches. In the 2023/24 NHL season, the 38-year-old Russian scored 26 points (8 goals and 18 assists) in 38 games. For Ovechkin, the game against Los Angeles was the 1385th of his career in the NHL championships. According to this indicator, the Russian forward surpassed Larry Robinson (1384 matches) and rose to clear 44th place in the history of the league.
Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov performed one power move and scored no points. Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov finished the match with a utility score of minus 2.
In a parallel match, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey players beat the Calgary Flames (4:3). Russian defender of “Chicago” Nikita Zaitsev scored a goal and an assist and was recognized as the third star of the meeting.