HC Washington players greeted Kopitar after the match against Los Angeles

Alexander Ovechkin, captain of the Washington Capitals hockey club, and his team stayed on the ice after the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match, which ended with the Capitals' victory, to greet 38-year-old Los Angeles Kings forward Ange Kopitar, who had previously announced that the current season would be his last. in his career.

Kopitar, who ranks 39th among the top scorers in NHL history with 1,292 points (445 goals and 847 assists), became the first Slovenian hockey player to play in the NHL, as well as the first Slovenian to wear the captain's badge in an NHL club and lift the Stanley Cup. The athlete has also played for Los Angeles since 2006, Sport-Express adds.

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

Earlier in the day, the Washington Capitals scored a 3-1 away victory over the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL regular season match, extending their winning streak to five matches. Ovechkin provided two assists and made league history by becoming the seventh hockey player to score 800 points in away games (463 goals + 337 assists).

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