For the second time in his career, Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin has failed to score a goal in four games at the start of the National Hockey League (NHL) season.
On the night of October 22, Moscow time, the 38-year-old Russian made an assist in the regular season match against the Montreal Canadiens, but this did not help the capital avoid defeat. Ovechkin’s team lost with a score of 2:3 in overtime.
Thus, Ovechkin did not score in any of Washington’s four games at the beginning of the season. This happened for the first time in the 2012/2013 season. After the goal shortage that season, the striker scored 32 goals in 48 matches in the regular season.
In total, Ovechkin has 822 goals in the NHL regular championship, he is second in the list of Russian snipers after Wayne Gretzky (894).
In their next games, Montreal will face the Buffalo Sabers and Washington will face the Toronto Maple Leafs. The matches will be played on 24 and 25 October respectively.
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