Triple world champion Alexei Tereshchenko told what he expected from Washington captain Alexandra Ovechkina 35 goals in the current NHL regular season.
The Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 at home on Sunday. The 38-year-old Russian scored a double in this meeting: in the last 24 matches, Ovechkin has scored 18 goals. Ovechkin increased his NHL goal total to 848 and closed the gap with the league’s leading scorer, Wayne Gretzky, to 46 goals.
— Why did Ovechkin play like that? There are many factors here. The regular season is already ending, and Sanya has traditionally reached its peak before the playoffs. After changing coaches and optimizing the roster, the team got used to Spencer Carbury’s demands and understood his system. That’s where the wins came from, and it’s not for nothing that Washington launched itself into the playoff zone.
Ovechkin is a great guy, a real leader. Washington still has 12 matches to come, and I believe that Sasha will already be able to score not only 30, but even 35 goals in this championship. There will then only be 37 goals left before Gretzky’s record. And next season it will be much easier to achieve this goal. We must score goals now if everything has gone so well. Sasha, seize the moment!
It is clear that a lot depends on Ovechkin, on his preparation, on what kind of partners will be in play with him. But we believe in Ovi, in his great success and, above all, in his health,” Tereshchenko told .
Washington scored 79 points and returned to the playoff zone by beating Detroit (78) in the fight for eighth place in the NHL Eastern Conference standings.
Source : MatchTV
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