Ovi scored goal #789
In general, “Washington” failed in the first period. The Blues took a 3-0 lead, with Braden Schenn scoring the opening goal from Ivan Barbashev’s pass, Pavel Buchnevich scoring the second from Vladimir Tarasenko’s pass and Tori Krug scoring the third on the power play when Tarasenko gave the pass again.
In general, the Russians were in the spotlight.
“Obviously it’s a tough start to the game,” said Alexander Ovechkin as the smoke cleared. — You lose with a score of 0:3 after the first period. But it is clear that the guys did not give up, played hard. I think that, as in the previous meeting against Florida (lost Tuesday with the score of 2-5), we did not start very well. But then they started to press and had a chance to recover.
The comeback late in the second period was initiated by Ovechkin himself, and his goal was not quite typical. St. Louis hockey players, who played in the yellow and blue colors of the Resurrection Khimik, for some reason decided to forget Alexander the Great near their gates.
Ovechkin picked up the puck and calmly sent it to the bottom corner, even though he could still drink a cup of coffee and smoke a Cuban cigar, he had so much time.
Yes, no clicks for you on most of the left faceoff circle. Sometimes Ovi knows how to work outside his office.
Alexander the Great changed his utility score
In general, Ovechkin had a very interesting game. He landed nine shots on target at once. The last time we saw such activity from him was on Dec. 15, 2021, when Alexander had 10 shots at once in the away game against Chicago.
Its cannon was therefore operating at full capacity. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Ovechkin (6137) is now just steps behind Ray Burke (6209) in career NHL shots. Only 73 throws, and Ovi will emerge victorious from this very interesting indicator. Of the current players, Eric Staal (3946) is closest to that, which is almost half behind. That is, it is clear that Ovechkin can set not just another achievement, but an eternal record, after which he can proudly and rightly receive the title of Tsar Cannon.
In addition, one circumstance was sensational that yesterday Ovechkin was the most useless hockey player in the NHL. In the sense that his utility score was “-15” and was the worst among all players in the league.
Thus, the match against Saint-Louis made it possible to correct this incident. Ovechkin scored +2 for utility, while St. Louis forward Jordan Kairu was left with a zero to move into first place in the league on that anti-stat (-15).
So Ovechkin is not the worst. Write it down in your notebooks.
Goalkeeper of the Blues: “We got rid of the monkey on the back”
Captain Ryan O’Reilly scored for St. Louis, but defenseman John Carlson doubled for the guests and forward Conor Sheary scored another puck. As a result – a 4:4 draw in regular time.
The Bullitt streak dragged on at 12 shots. Masters such as Vladimir Tarasenko and Alexander Ovechkin failed to realize their attempts, but Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ryan O’Reilly scored. The decisive shot was made by Pavel Buchnevich.
“We got rid of the monkey that was sitting on our back. It’s good to win at home. It was fun. I don’t know what’s going on, why this season there are so many shots on our doorstep. But if so, you have to take advantage of it,” Greiss said.
Monkey on the back – in the sense that “St. Louis” was last in the league until recently, lost eight times in a row. But now he’s posted a five-game winning streak, and the team is back in action.
“It was a win for our goaltender,” Blues head coach Craig Berubi said. We were a little tired after we left. But we took the lead, which was important, and the goalkeeper was great.
But “Washington” head coach Peter Laviolette was disappointed because his team still had to recover: “We didn’t press enough on offense. I don’t think we lost much in defence. But we have to put more pressure from the start. We need to score more, create chances more often. But it wasn’t until the second half that we started to act in the right direction.
Ovechkin left two Swedes
Everything is clear with the list of the best snipers in the league. Ovechkin (789) is already close to Gordie Howe (801), after which he will enter operational space in pursuit of Wayne Gretzky (894).
But it is interesting to look at the eternal list of the league’s top scorers. Ovechkin (1427) has already passed Brian Trottier (1425) for 18th place in history. And above him is Sidney Crosby (1430), who is also having a great season. Together they now rush to Teemu Selanne (1457).
And on the list of top assists in the league, Ovechkin, who allowed two assists today, is 74th with 638 assists. He immediately beat Sweden’s Peter Forsberg (636) and Borje Salming (637).
Moreover, note that Ovechkin scored 34 (19 + 15) points in 23 games against St. Louis. It’s easy for him to play with this team.
In general, everything is not bad with Ovechkin. But his Washington Capitals are now fourth from bottom in the Eastern Conference, three points from the playoff zone. Not fatal, but with this trend (the Capitals have won only twice in the last 10 games), we cannot reach the playoffs.
The last time this happened in Washington was in 2014.
Source : MatchTV
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