Washington and Ovechkin lost to Sergachev's Utah in the NHL championship match

On March 4, Washington Capitals hockey players were defeated by the Utah Mammoth in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match.

The match was held in the capital of the USA. The Utah Mammoth hockey club won with a score of 3:2 (2:1, 1:0, 0:1). The pucks were scored by Dylan Gunter in the 12th minute, Russian defenseman Mikhail Sergachev in the 14th and John-Jason Peterka in the 39th minute. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored goals for the home team in the 20th minute and Ryan Leonard in the 47th minute, the Sport-Express newspaper notes.

The Russian striker of the Washington club, Alexander Ovechkin, stayed on the court for 18 minutes, made four shots at goal, used three power techniques, but did not score points.

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On March 4, Alexander Ovechkin rose to 16th place in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) in terms of the number of matches played. In the match against the Utah Mammoth, Ovechkin took part in the 1554th game of the NHL regular season. With this indicator, he caught up with Canadian hockey player Jerome Iginla, sharing the 16th place in the ranking with him.

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