
The Washington Capitals secured an away victory against the New York Islanders in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season contest.
The match at UBS Arena in Elmont concluded with a score of 4:1.
In the eighth minute, Tom Wilson opened the scoring during a power play, assisted by Alexander Ovechkin. It is worth noting that the Russian has been earning points in four consecutive games.
In the middle of the second period, the Islanders’ Russian goaltender Ilya Sorokin made a significant blunder, gifting the puck to Wilson, who registered his second goal. Subsequently, Ovechkin himself notched a goal into an empty net late in the game.
Thereby, the capital team’s captain scored his 909th goal in NHL regular championships.