The “Washington Capitals” hockey players lost to the “Florida Panthers” in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game.
The contest, which took place in the US capital, concluded with a victory for the visitors by a score of 5:2 (1:0, 2:2, 2:0). For “Florida,” goals were scored by A.J. Greer (14th minute), Sam Bennett (32), Uvis Balinskis (36), Anton Lundell (59), and Carter Verhaeghe (60). For the hosts, Jacob Chychrun netted a brace (23, 30).
The “Washington” Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin spent 16 minutes of game time on the ice, made one shot on goal, delivered three body checks, did not register any points, and finished the match with a plus-minus rating of “-3”.
The “Capitals” forward Ivan Miroshnichenko threw one shot on target, blocked one shot, and delivered two body checks. The “Panthers” goaltender Daniil Tarasov turned away 23 shots out of 25.
“Washington” suffered its third defeat in the last four NHL championship matches. “Florida” achieved its third win over the same span.
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