In a National Hockey League regular season game, Pittsburgh defeated Washington 4-1 on the road.
Ryan Shea (2 minutes), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (12 minutes), Michael Bunting (30 minutes) and Lars Eller (58 minutes) scored for the visitors. The hosts' only goal was scored by Alexander Ovechkin (47 minutes) on the power play.
This goal was Ovechkin's 27th this season and 849th in his NHL career. Thus, his gap from Wayne Gretzky's record is now 45 pucks.
In this game, the Washington captain spent 22 minutes and 21 seconds on the ice, taking 12 shots on goal, eight of which were on goal, making six power plays, one shot blocked and allowing one loss. Ovechkin was named the third star of the game. He scored 60 (27+33) points in 72 games played.
"Washington" suffered its fourth consecutive defeat and left the playoff zone. The team is in tenth place in the Eastern Conference standings, one point behind the playoff zone. "Pittsburgh" is one place lower, reducing the gap to two points after three consecutive wins.
Both teams will play their next games on Saturday, April 6: Washington will play on the road against Carolina, while Pittsburgh will host Tampa on its own ice.
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