Journalists of the publication Athletic They did not name Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin as the Washington Capitals’ top hockey player for the remainder of the 2023/2024 regular season.
Instead of striker, they chose goalkeeper Charlie Lindgren.
“There is nothing surprising here; He has been the Caps’ MVP since the beginning of the season. But in March, Lindgren led the Caps to 8 of 12 points with a 93.7 save percentage and a league-best 8.05 saves above expectation. The article stated that just because of his play, they were one point shy of eighth place in the conference.
Ovechkin continues to trail Wayne Gretzky as the top scorer in league history. The legendary Canadian scored 894 goals during his career. Ovechkin has 840 goals, the difference is 54 goals.
Ovechkin played in 62 matches this season, scoring 18 goals and making 31 assists. After 64 games, Washington sits tenth in the National Hockey League Eastern Conference with 71 points. On the night of March 15, in the NHL regular season, Washington beat the Seattle Kraken with a score of 2:1, the Russian hockey player could not record any effective moves.
In the next game, Washington will play away against Vancouver. The meeting will take place on March 17. The kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 Moscow time.
Previously to Ovechkin guess Difficulties follow Gretzky.