Ovechkin’s double and assist did not save Washington from defeat by Minnesota in an NHL game
MOSCOW, March 19 – “Washington” lost “Minnesota” in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The meeting in St. Paul ended with a score of 5:3 (2:0, 1:1, 2:2) in favor of the hosts, in which Matt Baldy scored a hat-trick (1st, 5th and 54th minutes ), Ryan Reeves (31) and Brandon Duheim (44) scored one goal each. Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin scored twice for the guests (26, 53), Dylan Struom (57) also scored from Ovechkin’s pass, who became the third star of the match.
In total, Ovechkin scored 819 goals in the NHL regular season, closing the gap with Canadian Wayne Gretzky in the list of the best scorers in the history of the league to 75 goals. The 37-year-old forward has 39 goals in 65 games this season. The Russian has one more goal left to break Gretzky’s record for the number of regular championships in which he scored at least 40 goals. At the moment, Gretzky and Ovechkin have 12 such seasons each.
Gate “Minnesota” defended Marc-Andre Fleury. Ovechkin scored 27 goals in 44 games against the Canadian goaltender in the regular season, more than any other goaltender in the NHL.
National Hockey League (NHL)
March 19, 2023 • start at 21:00
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MinnesotaUSA5 : 3
WashingtonUSAMinnesota (88 points, 70 games) is second in the NHL Western Conference Central Division. “Washington” (73 points, 71 games) is located on the sixth line in the Capital Division in the East.
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