Agent Gleb Chistyakov, representing the interests of Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin, announced that the hockey player is ready for the next match in the National Hockey League (NHL). His words are quoted Sports24.
“As I said before, I do not comment on the nature of the damage. But he’s fine. Sasha plans to play in the next match,” said Chistyakov.
On January 12, Washington will play against Seattle as part of the NHL regular season. The Capitals sit 12th in the Eastern Conference standings.
Ovechkin missed several Washington practices. In the match against the Los Angeles Kings on January 7, the Russian player made an assist. For the forward, this was his sixth goal-scoring action in his last five consecutive NHL games. The Russian player played a total of 38 matches on the ice this season and recorded 8 goals and 18 assists.
Ovechkin has a total of 830 goals in his entire NHL career. He is behind Wayne Gretzky, who holds the league record for most goals in NHL history with 64 goals.
Former Russian hockey player happened The first star of the day in the NHL.