Russian forward and captain of Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin talked about the goals of the team and said that in the fight to reach the play-offs of the National Hockey League (NHL), everything depends only on the hockey players. His words guide the way official site Leagues.
“Of course we want to get into the play-offs and compete for the Cup. What and how we do it depends only on us. If you look at the names on our lines, they are very good lines. We have to take our chances, play smart defensively in the neutral zone and not make stupid mistakes and stupid decisions that will cost us the game ” said.
On February 7, Washington will play a home game against the Montreal Canadiens. The starting siren will sound at 03:00 Moscow time. The Capitals sit 12th in the Eastern Conference standings after 47 games. The team is 5 points behind the play-off zone.
Ovechkin played a total of 44 games in the regular season of the National Hockey League this season, scoring nine goals and making 22 assists. He is only putting 6% of his shots on target (down from 14.3% last season).
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 spoke About poor performance.