Russia (bbabo.net), - In the regular championship of the National Hockey League, the next matches took place. “Washington” lost to “Minnesota”, forced to do without the injured Kirill Kaprizov, in shootouts - 2: 3.
For the losers, Evgeny Kuznetsov scored a puck: it became his 12th of the season. But the captain of the “capital” Alexander Ovechkin chalked up only an assist. The 36-year-old striker has not scored three games in a row. In his last six games, he has not scored in five. Nonetheless, Ovi maintains a spot in the top 3 league scorers. He has 51 points (24 goals + 27 assists) in 36 games. Only the duo from “Edmonton” has more: Connor McDavid and Leon Dreisatl, who have 53 points each. In the sniper race, Ovechkin is still second, two goals behind Dreisatl.
As for other Russians playing overseas. Center forward “Nashville” Yakov Trenin in the match against “Arizona” (4: 2) scored his 9th goal of the season. He has scored his third game in a row. In the last six matches he has 6 (4 + 2) points, and in total - 14 (9 + 5) points in 36 matches.
In the third match in a row, Toronto striker Ilya Mikheev also scored points, who made an assist in the match against Colorado (4: 5 OT). At the end of four matches this season, he has 4 (3 + 1) points.
Continuing the conversation about the sniper exploits of our compatriots: 20-year-old Columbus striker Yegor Chinakhov interrupted a series of 14 matches without goals, scoring against New Jersey (4: 3). But Denis Guryanov from “Dallas” scores for the second game in a row. This time, “Pittsburgh” suffered (3: 2).
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