St. Petersburg SKA forward Evgeny Kuznetsov told that the attacker “Washington » Alexander Ovechkin Thanks to his goalscoring instinct, he manages to shoot systematically from his “desk”, taking a shot from the left throw-in circle.
Ovechkin has scored 15 goals this season. In total, he has 868 championship goals, according to this indicator, the Russian is second only to Canadian Wayne Gretzky (894).
— What is Ovechkin’s secret? Why does he score so many points from his desk when he shoots from the left faceoff circle?
— You know, sometimes you’re playing with someone, and they’re constantly yelling at you, “I’m open!” I’m open! But the greatness of Ovechkin is that he has a scoring instinct. He knows where to be at the right time. Where to accelerate, where to stop. There are hockey players who don’t chase the puck, but who try to predict where it will end up. And by their opening, they themselves suggest to their teammate that the pass is his. Because at the NHL level, in 99.9% of cases, everyone in such a situation will pass to Ovechkin – everyone knows that he is the top scorer from that point on. There are many nuances here, but the main thing is that the “Ovechkin office” has been working in the league for almost 20 years,” Kuznetsov told the correspondent.
Last week it was reported that Ovechkin would be out for four to six weeks with a fractured left fibula. The 39-year-old hockey player was injured on Monday during the NHL regular season match against Utah (6:2).
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