Well-known expert and former hockey referee Leonid Weisfeld explained what could be connected to the goalless streak of Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin. His words were quoted by mk.ru.
“When it comes to Ovechkin, veterans have a problem; You never know when they’ll come back. Jaromir Jagr is still playing; he’ll probably play until he’s 70, and some people are already old men hockey-wise at 30. “Maybe Alexander experienced some kind of functional decline,” he said.
On the night of December 10, Washington defeated the New York Rangers with a score of 4:0 in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). Ovechkin failed to score in this match, thus extending his goalless streak to nine matches.
In this season of the regular season of the National Hockey League, Ovechkin appeared on the ice in 24 games and scored only 15 points – five goals and ten assists. At the same time, in the match played against Dallas Stars on the night of December 8, the captain of the capital scored his 1500th point with an assist in the NHL. He became the first hockey player from Russia to achieve this feat.
Ovechkin before It turned out to be one step away from repeating a personal anti-record.