Double Olympic hockey champion Alexander Kozhevnikov appreciated the play of the captain of the Washington Capitals Alexandra Ovechkina during the final games of the NHL regular season.
Ovechkin has played 64 games this season, scoring 21 goals and 31 assists.
— A lot has happened in the team recently, including the story with Evgeny Kuznetsov. Such events affect the team and the game. Therefore, the game of Kuznetsov and Ovechkin stopped. But today the situation seems to have improved. Ovechkin is now in an easier position, he removes the puck correctly and moves away from his standard position. Sasha knows what to do, where to open up and how to play. The man does his job competently.
Let’s wait for Ovechkin to break Gretzky’s record. I think that when we get closer to this result, they will start playing against Sasha differently according to the instructions of the coaches and management, so that the Russian does not break this record,” Kozhevnikov said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.
In total, the Russian has 843 goals in the NHL. The gap with Wayne Gretzky’s record is 51 goals.
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Source : MatchTV
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