Two-time Olympic champion and world champion in hockey Alexander Kozhevnikov talked about the reasons that influenced the poor performance of the Russian forward and captain of the Washington Capitals National Hockey League (NHL) club Alexander Ovechkin. His words are quoted by the publication vprognoze.ru.
“Maybe the changes in Washington’s game also have an impact. Ovechkin is losing his usual partners. Backstrom, one of the best center forwards in the world, is broken. Kuznetsov was recently removed from the squad. This means that something incomprehensible is happening within the team. Since we are away from them, what exactly “We don’t know,” Kozhevnikov said.
On the night of December 11, Washington defeated the Chicago Blackhawks. Ovechkin had an assist but did not score. His goalless streak extended to ten games, repeating his anti-record in the NHL.
Ovechkin’s record for consecutive games without scoring a goal in a regular season was broken in February – March 2017 (ten games). A series of nine goalless matches was recorded in the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 seasons.
In this season of the regular season of the National Hockey League, Ovechkin appeared on the ice in 25 games and scored only 16 points – five goals and 11 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.
Previously Roman Rotenberg given Advice to Ovechkin.