Alexander Ovechkin, forward of the National Hockey League (NHL) Washington Capitals and the Russian national team, commented on the win against the New York Islanders in the regular season match, in which he managed to score a pair of goals.
“You saw with your own eyes what we sacrificed to achieve victory. We played smart and simple, so we managed to beat our opponents. Even though it was our second match in two days, we concentrated and devoted ourselves fully to the game. We were against a good team but we knew we would win. Their goalie played great and made a lot of big saves,” Ovechkin said.
The match ended with Caps winning 4:1. After this match, the 38-year-old Russian has 826 goals in the NHL regular championship; According to this indicator, the captain of the Russian team ranks second after Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who scored 894 goals. Ovechkin has 68 goals left to reach his record.
Ovechkin opened the scoring of the match with the goal he scored in the 10th minute of the first period, with an assist from Evgeny Kuznetsov, another Russian striker of the capital. Ovechkin also scored five seconds before the final siren. The striker broke the goalless streak that lasted for six matches. Before facing the Islanders, Ovechkin had two goals and seven assists in 12 games of the season.
Previously Alexander Ovechkin reduced He is behind Wayne Gretzky on the NHL’s all-time scoring list.