Ovechkin scored no points in the NHL match against the Carolina Hurricanes

Alexander Ovechkin, the Russian striker and captain of the Washington Capitals hockey club, failed to score points in a home match against the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. The meeting took place on January 31 and ended with a 4-3 overtime victory for the hosts.

For Ovechkin, this is the second consecutive game without points. He has scored 46 points (22 goals and 24 assists) this season. Ovechkin currently has 996 goals, of which 919 were scored in the regular season, and 77 in the playoffs.

The winning team scored goals from Hendrix Lapierre (28th minute), Dylan Strome (35th), Jacob Chikran (54th) and Justin Surdif (62nd). Marek Jankowski (14), Sebastian Aho (18) and Sean Gostisber (25) scored goals for Carolina.

Washington ranks fourth in the Metropolitan Division with 61 points in 56 games, while Carolina leads the same division with 72 points.

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