The Washington captain was left without points in the away match against the Philadelphia Flyers (4:3 in favor of Philadelphia). The 38-year-old Russian forward has not scored in his last 11 games, breaking his personal record for the longest goalless streak in the National Hockey League (NHL).
“Ovechkin just needs to tune in, score a goal and everything will move forward. This happens sometimes, it’s no big deal. So far only a third of the championship has been played, there is still a lot of time left. Alexander needs to be supported and not criticized. This series of scoreless matches may affect him because of all the attention paid to it, but everything will work out and he will score his thirty goals,” Kozhevnikov noted in an interview with Match TV.
Ovechkin is the second highest scorer in league history with 827 goals. In this indicator, he is second behind Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who has 894 goals.
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Source: Sport
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