OREANDA-NEWS  Washington lost to Carolina in the away match of the regular season of the National Hockey League.

The final protocol recorded the defeat of Washington with the score 2:4 (2:1, 0:2, 0:1).

One of the goals in Washington was scored by Russian striker Alexander Ovechkin. He brought the number of his career goals in the NHL championships to 860. The gap from Wayne Gretzky's record has been reduced to 34.

Meanwhile, former Washington defender Dmitry Orlov scored two goals for Carolina, and his compatriot, striker Andrei Svechnikov, scored one.