MOSCOW, February 3 championship of the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers. The meeting, which took place in the US capital, ended with a score of 5:3 (3:1, 0:1, 2:1) in favor of the guests. As part of the winners, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a double (56th minute and 59th), Leon Draisaitl (2), Evander Kane (4) and Connor McDavid (6) scored one more puck each. The Capitals scored goals from Lars Eller (8), Conor Shiri (30) and Russian forward Evgeny Kuznetsov (43). Goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov saved one shot out of four and was replaced in the 6th minute of the match. Captain “capital” Alexander Ovechkin missed the match due to coronavirus.
