Alexander Ovechkin, the Russian captain of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Washington Capitals club, admitted that it was difficult for him to find motivation for his team’s last regular season game against the New Jersey Devils.
The match took place on the night of April 14, Moscow time, and ended with the Capitals losing in overtime (4:5). Ovechkin had an assist.
“It sucks to play when you lose your playoff chance. Ask any team: It’s hard to find energy, emotion and motivation in a situation like this. We played for nothing. It’s hard to force yourself to play at the level everyone expects,” Sammy Silber, a journalist with The Hockey News, quotes Russian.
The defeat placed eighth in the Capitals’ last nine games. The team will not play in the playoffs of the tournament.
Ovechkin has appeared in 73 league games this season, scoring 42 goals and providing 33 assists.
Earlier it was reported that Russian striker “Tampa Bay Lightning” Nikita Kucherov. it happened He is his team’s top scorer and assistant during the 2022/23 regular season.