NHL club “Washington” seems weak in attack as a whole, this is not the game of the Russian forward Alexandra Ovechkina this opinion was expressed by an IOC member in a conversation with Shamil Tarpishchev .
Ovechkin, 38, is the second-highest scorer in league history with 827 goals. According to this indicator, he is second only to Wayne Gretzky, who has 894 goals. The Russian is 67 goals away from the Canadian striker’s record. Currently, Ovechkin has played 1,367 games in the NHL and scored 1,499 (827+672) points.
—A lot of people talk about pressure on Ovechkin, but I don’t think it’s pressure. Washington has become a low-scoring team. They really score little compared to the other teams. They win with a score of 2:1, sometimes they themselves do not score a single goal in the match. This is the root of evil. And then many treat Ovechkin in a special way, because many do not want him to break Gretzky’s record. They support their Canadian and don’t want Ovechkin to become the best. Ovechkin will get used to the idea that he still has a few goals left to score, and everything will go his way. The Washington team has become different. Ovechkin now has far fewer scoring opportunities than before. The attack must be emotionally strong in order to create many chances. And “Washington” every moment is uprooted by blood. And it becomes more difficult to score. The team lost face on offense, it’s not Ovechkin. It’s about team play in attack, there aren’t many chances. There are 67 goals left, Ovechkin will definitely score them in three years,” Tarpischev told .
Source : MatchTV
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