No fewer than nine goals were scored on Saturday evening (local time) at the NHL’s top game at Nassau Coliseum in New York. The better end was the Washington Capitals, who defeated the New York Islanders 6: 3 with Austria’s ice hockey export Michael Raffl.
The team from the US capital, which regained first place in the East Division, competed without its ailing superstar Alexander Ovetschkin.
Others stepped into the breach for the Russian goalgetter, as five Capitals players met at the same time: Garnet Hathaway (3rd), TJ Oshie (11th), Nic Dowd (33rd), Daniel Sprong (35th, 55th) and Evgeni Kuznetsov (48th), who also contributed two assists.
The Carinthian Raffl, who got 15:55 minutes of ice time, was also part of a special game in that his team-mate Zdeno Chara was only the fifth defender in history to score his 1,600. Completed NHL game. At the age of 44, the Slovak is currently the oldest NHL professional.
Quelle: APA . Pic: Michael Miller (CC BY-SA 4.0)
