Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has a good chance of surpassing 30 goals this season after scoring a double against the Winnipeg Jets, two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov said in an interview with socialbites.ca.
According to him, the 38-year-old striker will be able to cope with the pressure and score the required number of goals.
“Ovechkin should have scored, but for some reason no one believed him. He will be able to score 30 goals this regular season, even though the play-offs are approaching and the resistance is higher. But Sashka is a whole galaxy, we will support him and wish him to do it. Will you be competing for Gretzky on the snipers list? “He has a contract for two seasons; I think he will make every effort to successfully complete this challenge next year,” Kozhevnikov said.
Ovechkin played in a total of 67 regular season matches this season and scored 26 goals and made 32 assists in these matches.
Washington will play its next NHL regular season game on March 27 against the Detroit Red Wings. The starting siren will sound at 02:00 Moscow time.
It was previously reported that Alexander Ovechkin. appeared He is second in the NHL in most seasons with 25 goals.