Athletistic / Hockey. Former USSR and Russian national team forward Alexander Mogilny assessed the performance of Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin in the current NHL season.
“What is the reason why Alexander Ovechkin spent the first half of this season frankly weakly? Only Alexander himself can know. First of all, let’s not forget that he is no longer 25 years old. He me It seems that Ovechkin has already seen that finish line, where Wayne Gretzky’s record awaits him, which, in my opinion, had a little influence.
I am glad that in the second part of the season Ovechkin found strength in himself, everyone supported him. Because we’re all on this wagon, we all want to see how he’s going to beat Gretzky’s record, we can’t wait to see that moment! So I’m happy that everything is going well for Sasha now. May God grant him health and success in the NHL,” Mogilny said, as quoted by Championship.
Alexander Ovechkin has scored 59 (26+33) points in the “goal+assist” system in 71 games during the current NHL regular season. The 38-year-old Russian has 46 goals left before repeating Wayne Gretzky’s record.
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