"Washington" without Ovechkin in the lineup won a second consecutive victory

The Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on November 28 on the road in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

"Washington" played without Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin. The pucks were scored by Andrew Mangiapane (31st minute), Alexei Protas (33rd), Dylan Strome (42nd), John Carlson (51st) and Tom Wilson (57th).

For Tampa, Brayden Point (4th, 13th, 48th) and Mikey Eissimont (40th) scored.

Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren put the puck in his own net. The goal was credited to Point, who was the last player on the team to touch the puck and completed the hat trick.

"I wish Ovechkin to break Gretzky's record as early as this season."

Stanley Cup winner, world champion Dmitry Orlov - about his former partner on "Washington", friendship with Bobrovsky and Tarasenko

On Monday, November 25, the Washington Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 on the road in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Ovechkin was injured in the third period of the game against Utah on November 19. The hockey player hurt his knee in a collision with Utah forward Jack McBain and was forced to leave the ice. Later, Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said that Ovechkin was being examined after the injury. The hockey player's agent Gleb Chistyakov said that Ovechkin feels normal.

Ovechkin's injury stopped his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's record, in the match with Utah Ovechkin increased the total number of goals in the regular season to 868 and cut the Canadian's lead to 26 goals.