VIDEO Washington with Fehérváry wins again: Star of the evening Ovečkin, called this man in the number of goals – Športky.sk

WASHINGTON – Washington Capitals hockey players in line with Slovak defender Martin Fehérváry won 5: 3 in the overseas NHL over Buffalo. With three points (1 + 2), the Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin contributed to this, who equaled Brett Hull with the 741st goal in his profile career in the fourth place in the historical table of shooters.

Ovečkin increased the lead to 3 – 1 as he scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. In the current season, he has a chance to reach the third goal in the ranking of the best shooters, Jaromír Jágr (766). At the top of the table is Wayne Gretzky with 894 goals, second in Gordie Howe’s 801 career. “It’s nice to be in such company. These are pretty big numbers, so I have to keep going. It’s clear that finishing in fourth place is fine, but I still have a few matches left,” quoted Ovecka’s portal nhl.com.

Yevgeny Kuznetsov scored three points for assisting in the Capitals triumph, Tom Wilson scored two goals. Fehérváry played for the winning team in the first defensive formation for more than 20 minutes, he had two negative points, two blocked shots and five “hits”. Washington ended a string of three losses, Buffalo lost five times in a row. “I liked our performance, it was a drama to the end. We had stages when we played well and we have to keep playing like that. But we have to be more aggressive.” said “saber” coach Don Granato.

Florida lost for the first time this season

Russian goalkeeper Igor Sestorkin helped with 42 interventions to win the New York Rangers 4: 3. The guests lost in the new season for the first time in due time, before that they lost only to Boston after the raids. The Rangers led by four thirds by two goals and although the “panthers” had a strong finish, they could not cope even in a game without a goalkeeper. The home team shot (41:18) and therefore NY coach Gerard Gallant was not satisfied after the match: “We defeated Florida first and I still don’t feel good about it. We can’t play like that. But luckily we had a Six in the goal.”

Toronto lost for the first time in five duels, losing Los Angeles 1: 5 at home. Phillip Danault scored two goals for the guests and added an assist, with Andreas Athanasiou (1 + 1) and Alex Iafallo (0 + 2) scoring two points each. The Kings have won five times in a row. The goalkeeper Jonathan Quick, who had 33 successful interventions, helped them to triumph. “It’s hard to play in Toronto. But we withstood the initial pressure and then we broke the opponent,” said “Kings” coach Todd McLellan.

NHL results:

NEW YORK RANGERS – FLORIDA PANTHERS 4: 3 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 3)

Goals: 8. Kreider (Zibanejad, Panarin), 20. Fox (Goodrow, Zibanejad), 33. Miller (Kreider), 34. Strome (Panarin, Oven) – 41. Luostarinen (Hörnqvist, Marchment), 59. S. Reinhart (Tippett, Gudas), 60. Hörnqvist (Barkov). Goalkeepers: Šestťorkin – Knight, shots on goal: 18:41, 14.877 spectators.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS – BUFFALO SABERS 5: 3 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 2)

Goals: 3. Wilson (Ovečkin, van Riemsdyk), 23. McMichael (Schultz, Hagelin), 29. Ovečkin (Orlov, Kuznecov), 47. Wilson (Kuznecov), 58. Carlson (Kuznecov, Ovečkin) – 24. Eakin, 44. Bjork (Ruotsalainen, Hägg), 59. Miller (Pysyk, Hinostroza). Goalkeepers: Vaněček – Tokarski, shots on goal: 30:28, 18,573 spectators.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS – LOS ANGELES KINGS 1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 2)

Goals: 22. Tavares (Marner, Nylander) – 11. Moore (Grundström, Kupari), 15. Athanasiou (Danault, Iafallo), 34. Danault (Athanasiou, Iafallo), 56. Danault, 57. Kempe (Brown, Kopitar) . Goalkeepers: Campbell – Quick, shots on goal: 34:29, 18.983 spectators.

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