MILAN, Italy -- AC Milan fired Massimiliano Allegri and put former assistant coach Mauro Tassotti temporarily in charge on Monday, a day after an embarrassing 4-3 loss at promoted Sassuolo. Langishing in 11th place -- six points above the relegation zone -- Milan announced the move on its website. Former Milan players Clarence Seedorf and Filippo Inzaghi were reportedly the leading candidates to replace Allegri on a full-time basis. The 37-year-old Seedorf is currently playing for Botafogo in Brazil while the 40-year-old Inzaghi is coaching Milans youth squad. Seedorf has an escape clause in his contract that would let him leave Botafogo without any penalty as long as he doesnt play for another club. Milan has won only five of 19 matches this season and Allegri had already announced over the winter break that he would leave at the end of the season. But the loss to Sassuolo, which got four goals from teenage forward Domenico Berardi, hastened his departure. The Sassuolo game marked the debut of recently signed forward Keisuke Honda, and Milan was hoping that the Japan international would lead the squad to a second-half surge the way Mario Balotelli did last season. But as soon as the match ended, Milan general manager Barbara Berlusconi said the loss highlighted the need for urgent change. Allegri took over Milan in 2010 and won Serie A in his first season then finished second and third the past two years. Still, he never became a favourite of club owner Silvio Berlusconi. The only other trophy Allegri won with Milan was the 2011 Italian Super Cup. However, Milan was the only Italian club to reach the knockout stage of this seasons Champions League, and will face Atletico Madrid next month. The 53-year-old Tassotti is a long-time Milan assistant who had a 17-year playing career with the club. Milans next match is against Serie B side Spezia on Wednesday in the Italian Cup. Then on Sunday, the Rossoneri face fifth-place Hellas Verona. 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He became the fifth player in NHL history to start his career with 10 30-goal seasons.Ovechkin, who added an assist, has 15 goals in his last 15 games.Karl Alzner also scored for Washington, which is 1-4-2 in its last seven. Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green had two assists each. Justin Peters made 36 saves.Alzners shot from the point made it 4-3 with 7:32 remaining.Tarasenko had given St. Louis a 4-2 lead when he converted a pass from Steen on a 2-on-1 rush for his 25th goal at 6:13 of the third period.The teams were tied after trading power-play goals in the first period.St. Louis struck first when Peters stopped Oshies blast from the point and Jaden Schwartzs initial rebound attempt, before Steen poked the puck home for his 16th goal at the 2:34 mark.Ovechkin tied it at 9:50 of the first when he blasted Greens pass by a sliding Elliot from his familiar power play home iin the left circle.dddddddddddd.Already minus defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk, who left the game with a lower-body injury after a first-period collision with Ovechkin, the Blues lost forward David Backes when he was ejected for boarding Alzner early in the second.St. Louis killed off a five-minute Washington power play and took the lead just over a minute later. Catching the Capitals on a change, the Blues skated in 3 on 2. Steen gave up the puck but got it back in front of the net and banged his own rebound past Peters to make it 2-1.The Capitals tied it after St. Louis turned the puck over in its own end and Ovechkins wrist shot from the left circle got past Elliot at 14:30.Less than two minutes later, the Blues regained the lead — again off a rebound — when Jaskin slid the puck past Peters from the slot.NOTES: Ovechkin (94) passed Peter Bondra (93) for first place on the Capitals franchise multi-goal games list. He joined Mike Gartner (15 seasons), Wayne Gretzky (13), Jari Kurri and Mike Bossy as 30-goal scorers in at least their first 10 seasons. ... The Capitals reassigned D Cameron Schilling to Hershey of the American Hockey League. ... The Blues were again without C Patrik Berglund and C Jori Lehtera, who both were hurt at Nashville on Thursday. ' ' '