Washington Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette said team captain Alexander Ovechkin was suspended for 12 minutes in a National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game against the New York Rangers. Transmits words The Russian Machine Will Never Break.
“Our guys played with their emotions but we conceded goals and there are also things that we can and should improve on defense. We scored and everything seemed fine. One missed foul, then we had to miss because of Shiri’s penalty, and then another missed foul and disappointment grows. But perhaps that was to be expected,” Laviolette said.
On the night of April 2-3, Washington lost 2:5 to the New York Rangers during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ovechkin scored with an assist. As part of the winning team, Artemiy Panarin scored an assist hat-trick.
At the end of the match, Ovechkin was given a 12-minute suspension for hitting Barclay Goodrow with a stick and was applauded by the referees.
Capitals have little chance of reaching the playoffs in the National Hockey League (NHL). Peter Laviolette’s team is 13th in the Eastern Conference with 77 points. Pittsburgh, which is in eighth place and is currently advancing to the next round, has 86 points.
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