Triple world hockey champion Alexei Tereshchenko told that we cannot speak of a decline in the form of the striker and captain “Washington Capitals » Alexandra Ovechkina .
On Monday, Washington defeated the Calgary Flames (3:2) in an NHL regular season shootout game. For the 18th time in his career, Ovechkin did not have a single shot on target. In two matches of the new season, the 38-year-old Russian, second in the list of snipers in the history of the NHL, did not score any effective action.
– It doesn’t mean anything, the season has only just started, it’s happening. There are rivals trying to silence Sasha. Everyone knows perfectly well what they can do and how they can do it. It is absolutely impossible to say that it has decreased,” Tereshchenko told .
Ovechkin has 822 goals in regular NHL championships.
In the next game, Washington will face the Ottawa Senators on October 18.
Source : MatchTV
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