MOSCOW, 12 Mar – Hockey players “Washington Capitals” beat the “New York Islanders” in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The meeting, which took place in New York, ended with the victory of the guests with a score of 5:1 (2:1, 0:0, 3:0). Dylan Stroum (7th minute), T.J. Oshie (20), Anthony Manta (45), Nick Dowd (53) and Niklas Backstrom (54) scored for the Capitals. The owners of the site scored Pierre Engvall (6).

Russian striker “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin scored an assist. Forward “Capitals” Evgeny Kuznetsov made two shots on target and scored no points. The defender of the “capital” Alexander Alekseev once threw on target and held one power reception. Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov made his 200th career NHL championship game. Islanders goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov saved 22 shots out of 27.