Athletistic/Hockey. Washington Capitals captain and forward Alexander Ovechkin shared his emotions after his team’s crushing loss in the NHL regular season home game against the Edmonton Oilers (0:5).
“Today we didn’t play at all. We gave the opponent too much space. This was especially true in the first half. As the match progressed, we made mistakes and We lost the puck a lot and in the end we couldn’t do anything.
Such matches take place in pairs. This is a wake-up call that we are doing something wrong, that we are in a bad situation, that we are losing pucks, which is costing us such a defeat,” Ovechkin was quoted as saying by the NHL service. NHL Press.
Alexander Ovechkin spent 23 minutes 54 seconds on the ice in the match against Edmonton and earned a negative utility indicator of “-1”. The main hero of the match was Oilers captain Connor McDavid, who scored 4 (0+4) points for his performance.
Source: Sport
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