Washington lost to Ottawa 1-7 in Ovechkin's 1,500th NHL game.

The Washington Capitals hockey club was defeated by the Ottawa Senators in a record match for Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin. The match took place on October 26 and ended with a score of 7:1.

This match was the 1,500th in his career for the Russian. Trevor van Riemsdyk scored in the 46th minute as part of the team from the American capital. Dylan Cousins (2nd and 25th) and Drake Baterson (41st and 55th), as well as Shane Pinto (24th), Nick Cousins (27th) and Tom Chabot (50th) scored for the Ottawa club.

Ovechkin was on the court for 17 minutes of the entire playing time. He managed to throw once at the goal and make three power plays.

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Dorofeev is the best sniper, Marchenko and Voronkov are pulling Columbus, Ovechkin is approaching the 900 mark.

A day earlier, Ovechkin, taking part in the match against HC Columbus Blue Jackets, was able to score the 899th goal and thereby match the 1999 Stanley Cup winner Mike Modano. The game ended with a score of 5:1 in favor of the Russian team.

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