Ovechkin stripped of goal in NHL match
In the middle of the third period, with the score 3-3, Washington came forward. Ovechkin celebrated the abandoned puck, and his partners congratulated him on it. But after the video review, the judges rewrote the goal on the teammate of the Russian
Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin scored an assist in the home match with the Montreal Canadiens. The capital club defeated Montreal with a score of 5-4.
In the middle of the third period, with the score 3-3, Washington came forward. Ovechkin celebrated the abandoned puck, and his partners congratulated him on it. But after the video review, the judges rewrote the goal on teammate Russian Justin Hall, who last touched the puck. Ovechkin did not touch the puck when trying to fix it. He's got an assist on him.
Now on account of 41-year-old Russian 1 goal and 2 assists in 7 matches. He finished the match for the second time in the season without throws.
Ovechkin is three assists away from the Washington record for this indicator. At the moment, he has 760 assists.
He is nine goals away from repeating Wayne Gretzky's record for the number of goals including the playoffs - 1016.
