"Washington" Lost without Ovechkin "Carolina" In the NHL home game

Moscow, February 15 – Carolina beat Washington in the NHL regular season game.

The meeting in Washington ended with a score of 3: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0) in favor of Carolina, who scored Brent Burns (15th minute), Paul Stastny (23rd) and Stefan Niesen (32nd) . O’Shea (20) scored in Washington with a pass from Russian defender Dmitry Orlov and Joe Snively (27).

The captain of the Russian “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin did not participate in the match. Capitals general manager Brian McClellan said on Tuesday that Ovechkin left the club site for family reasons related to the health of a loved one. According to a the News Agency source familiar with the situation, Ovechkin went to Moscow due to his father’s health problems.

Carolina (78 points, 53 games) is at the top of the D.C. standings. Washington (62 points, 56 games) ranks fourth in the division.