"Washington" without Alexander Ovechkin lost the second game in a row

"Washington Capitals" without Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin in the lineup on December 18 lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The meeting ended with a score of 3:2.

Thus, Washington without the Russian forward lost the second game in a row. Yesterday, the "capital" lost to the "Dallas Stars" with a score of 1-3.

Chicago Blackhawks forward Ilya Mikheev scored a goal. He was recognized as the first star of the match against Washington. The forward scored a puck, and then assisted on the second goal.

Earlier, on December 15, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews in an NHL match scored his 50th puck in 2024. Thus he repeated Ovechkin's record and became the fourth hockey player in the XXI century, who managed to score more than 50 pucks in the opponent's goal four years in a row.

In addition, in the history of Toronto, the American became the first player who managed to score 50 or more pucks more than one year in a row.