The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season away match.
The meeting, which took place on Saturday, April 24, ended with a score of 6: 3. Captain of “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin missed the match due to injury, reports “Sport-Express”.
Another Russian in the capital’s team, Evgeny Kuznetsov, scored the puck in the 48th minute, and also scored two assists.
The winners also featured Garnet Hathaway (3rd minute), T.J. Oshie (11), Nick Dowd (33), Daniel Sprong (35, 55). Anthony Beauvillier (15), Adam Pelech (28) and Jean-Gabriel Pajot (38) scored with the losers as heads.
Washington’s Russian goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov saved 21 shots. His compatriot Islanders goalkeeper Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves.
Earlier on April 22, Washington beat the New York Islanders in an away shoot-out of the NHL regular season.