MOSCOW, Feb. 9 Washington Capitals lost to Columbus on home ice Blue Jackets» in the NHL regular season match. The meeting in Washington ended with a score of 5:4 (0:1, 3:2, 2:1) in favor of the guests, in which Patrick Laine scored a double (30th and 40th minutes), and Adam Bukvist (33), Trey Fix-Wolansky (43) and Boon Jenner (60) scored one more. The Capitals scored Garnet Hathaway (18), Nick Dowd (21), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36 ) from the transmission of Alexander Ovechkin and Tom Wilson (58). Goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov came on as a substitute and saved 5 out of 6 shots. Ovechkin played his first game since returning from the NHL's COVID protocol, which he was placed on Feb. 2. The captain of Washington was forced to miss the NHL All-Star Game. Washington is seventh in the NHL Eastern Conference. «Columbus» is on the tenth line.
