{"id":785087,"date":"2026-07-26T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785087\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:06:11","slug":"alex-ovechkin-scores-goal-aliaksei-protas-records-game-winning-shootout-goal-in-match-of-the-year-charity-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785087\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin scores goal, Aliaksei Protas records game-winning shootout goal in \u2018Match of the Year\u2019 charity game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Ovechkin<\/a> got into his first game action since signing a one-year extension with the Washington Capitals<\/a> for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n

Ovechkin was one of many Russian and Belarusian NHL stars to participate in Artemi Panarin<\/a> and Mikhail Sergachev\u2019s<\/a> annual \u201cMatch of the Year\u201d charity game at SKA Arena in Saint Petersburg on Saturday. <\/p>\n

The Washington Capitals captain, drafted to Team Sergachev earlier this month<\/a>, skated on a line with his Caps teammate Aliaksei Protas<\/a> and Nashville Predators<\/a> first-round pick Yegor Surin.<\/p>\n

The Great 8 scored his team\u2019s sixth goal in what ended up being a 10-9 win over Team Panarin. <\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin scores goal in 2026 Match of the Year<\/p>\n

Ovechkin roofed a shot past KHL goaltender Nikita Serebryakov, finishing off a sweet feed from Surin. Protas made sure to pick up the goal puck afterward.<\/p>\n

Other notable goal scorers in the game included Sergachev, Panarin, Matvei Michkov<\/a>, Kirill Marchenko<\/a>, Vasily Podkolzin<\/a>, Alexander Nikishin<\/a>, Dmitri Simashev<\/a>, Matvei Gridin<\/a>, and Pavel Mintyukov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michkov scored the prettiest of all the goals, picking the puck up behind the net and completing the Michigan goal that he has failed to score several times in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Matvei Michkov scores Michigan goal<\/p>\n

After the two teams played to a 9-9 draw after 60 minutes, they went to a shootout to decide a winner, where the first 10 shooters were unable to beat Serebryakov or San Jose Sharks<\/a> goaltender Yaroslav Askarov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ovechkin was one of the first five shooters for his team, firing his attempt far over the top of the net.<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin\u2019s missed shootout attempt<\/p>\n

Protas eventually was chosen to go for Team Sergachev and won the game with a slick move, beating Serebryakov through the five hole. He was the only shooter to score as Askarov shut the door on Team Panarin\u2019s final attempt.<\/p>\n

Aliaksei Protas scores shootout-winning goal<\/p>\n

Before all of the festivities began, Ovechkin arrived at the all-star-laden matchup by getting literally driven out onto the ice sheet by a car \u2014 an extension of the commercial he filmed to promote the game earlier in the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin driven out onto the ice in car<\/p>\n

Ovechkin was accompanied to the game by his hockey-obsessed son, Sergei, who joined him in the locker room and on the bench ahead of puck drop.<\/p>\n

Sergei sat in his dad\u2019s lap as the elder Ovechkin chatted with Roman Rotenberg, general manager of the Russian national team and SKA CEO and vice president.<\/p>\n

After the game, the official attendance at SKA Arena was announced to be 20,853. All proceeds from the event will go toward the rehabilitation and support of children and adults with cerebral palsy and other motor disabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe atmosphere was great, the fans had a great time, the game was interesting and not one-sided,\u201d Ovechkin said to TASS<\/a>, per a translation by Google Translate. \u201cWe played hockey, chatted, and did a good deed. The mood was serious, and everyone had a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ovechkin got into his first game action since signing a one-year extension with the Washington Capitals for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-785087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}