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Timothy Leaf Oshie scored the winning goal for the visitors in the 58th minute of the game, who sent the puck into the empty “Flyers” goal.
The Capitals finished eighth in the Eastern Conference with 91 points in 82 games, the last to qualify for the Stanley Cup.
Alexander Ovechkin scored a goal for the winners in the first period, but Eric Johnson was able to make it 1-1 in the second period.
“Flyers” took a risk at the end of the match by replacing goalkeeper Samuel Eshon with a sixth player, but three minutes before the final whistle, the goal was lost.
“Flyers” still had a theoretical chance of “play off” before this game, but they needed a victory in regular time. After the loss, the team remained in 11th place in the Eastern Conference with 87 points.
In their last match of the regular championship, Detroit Red Wings also won a shootout victory with 5:4 (1:1, 1:2, 2:1, 0:0, 1:0) over Montreal Canadiens. success was not enough to enter the playoffs. Detroiters had to hope for a “Capitals” loss at least in overtime or in a shootout.
The “Red Wings” came back from 1-3 and 3-4, David Peron equalized five seconds before the end of the regular time. Moritz Zaider, Joe Veleno and Daniel Sprong scored another goal for the Detroit team, while Patrick Kane scored the winning shot in the postgame series.
Alex Newhook, Brendan Gallagher, Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovski scored accurate shots for the Canadiens.
The “Red” Wings finished the regular season with 91 points (the same as the “Capitals”), but remained the first behind the “play off” line, ranking ninth in the Eastern Conference.
Meanwhile, the Boston “Bruins” suffered a loss in the final match of the regular championship on Tuesday, losing to the Ottawa “Senators” 1:3 (0:0, 0:2, 1:1) at home.
The loss forced the Boston team to fall to second place in the Atlantic Division, passing the Florida “Panthers” represented by Latvian defenseman Uvja Balinskas, but to fall to the fourth position in the overall standings of the Western Conference.
Pavel Zaha scored the only goal for the home team, while Jirži Smejkals, Jacobs Chikran and Artjoms Zubs were in the ranks of “Senators”, who remained in 14th place in the East and did not qualify for the “play off”.
It has already been announced that the “Panthers” defeated the Toronto “Maple Leafs” team in their last match of the regular season at home with a score of 5:2 (0:2, 4:0, 1:0), securing first place in the Atlantic Division and third place in the Eastern Conference. in the overall ranking.
The Stanley Cup begins on Saturday.
2024-04-19 02:44:06