Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin criticized his team’s performance in the first period of the regular season match against the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). His words are quoted official league website.
“We didn’t play at all in the first period, we didn’t show our game. They created more chances, took us on and won the whole game. “I think in the second period we started playing the right way, we simplified the game, we found the right rhythm and you see the result,” Ovechkin said.
On March 2, Washington beat Philadelphia 5:2. After the first period, Ovechkin’s team lost 0:2. The Russian striker scored at the beginning of the second period of the match, and then supported the efforts of Sonny Milano, John Carlson, Anthony Mantha and Dylan Strome.
This season, 38-year-old Ovechkin played in 56 matches and scored 17 goals and made 27 assists in these matches. The Russian continues to chase after Wayne Gretzky in the race to find the best snipers in league history. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals during his career. Ovechkin now has 839 goals, the difference is 55 goals.
Ovechkin before explainedWashington turned the game around against Philadelphia.