Russian forward and Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin explained the beneficial effects of the holiday in the middle of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. His words guide the way official site NHL.
“I think the kids had a great time with their families, not thinking about hockey and the system and things like that. It’s been a great week and right now we’re seeing everybody fresh, happy to be back, and tomorrow is going to be a great day to play hockey,” Ovechkin said.
The hockey player and his family were on vacation in Dubai during halftime of the regular season of the All-Star Game.
On February 7, Washington will play a home game against the Montreal Canadiens. The starting siren will sound at 03:00 Moscow time.
On the night of January 28, Washington played the Dallas Stars and Ovechkin scored a goal and an assist. The Capitals sit 12th in the Eastern Conference standings after 47 games. The team is 5 points behind the play-off zone. On February 7, Washington will meet with Montreal.
This season, the Russian forward played in a total of 44 games in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL) and scored nine goals and made 22 assists.
Ovechkin continues to pursue Wayne Gretzky’s sniping record. The Russian has 831 goals. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals in his NHL career; Ovechkin is now 63 goals behind him.
Ovechkin before saidhow I wanted to win a car for charity.