Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin said his goalless streak will be interrupted sooner or later. The attacker’s words were quoted official site NHL.
“It’s my job to score goals. If I don’t score goals I will have to do something different to help the team win and I think now everyone knows who we are and how we have to play. I have a very good chance of scoring goals in every game. I just have to score goals. Sooner or later it will happen.” It will happen.
The important thing is to get points and win matches. “I would rather make the playoffs than score 20 goals and be eliminated from the Stanley Cup campaign,” the hockey player said.
This season, the 38-year-old Ovechkin played in 28 games on the ice and scored only 17 points (5 goals and 12 assists). In total, the player scored 827 goals during his time in the NHL. The difference between Ovechkin, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history, and Wayne Gretzky is 67 goals.
Ovechkin before named The goalless series was “disappointing for everyone”.