Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby shared his expectations for the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season matchup against the Washington Capitals featuring Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin. Crosby’s words were quoted by journalist Michelle Creciolo on social network X.
“Both teams understand that there’s more to these games when we play each other. That’s improved over the years. Ovechkin and I are both getting the most out of having the opportunity to face each other all these years,” Crosby said. “Since this is their first game, I’m confident Washington will be ready for it.” ” said.
The match will be played on October 14. The opening match will be held at 2:30 Moscow time. This will be the 66th meeting between Ovechkin and Crosby in the NHL regular season.
Ovechkin, who played in 74 regular season games in the NHL last season, scored 42 goals and 33 assists. However, this did not help the Capitals reach the tournament’s play-offs. The Russian player currently has 822 goals scored in his NHL career. The difference with Gretzky is 72 goals. The Canadian has 894 goals and remains first among snipers in NHL history.
Previously The Athletic named The exact number of goals Ovechkin will score this season.