Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin spoke emotionally about the team’s third defeat in the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. His words are quoted official website of the club.
“It sucks because we know exactly how we have to play, we know exactly how they’re going to play. We have positions, but we can’t put the puck in the goal. I have to look for open space more often. These playoffs, it’s a whole different level of hockey here. I just have to play my game, set the tone.”
Today we opened the scoring, the stands were fired up, but the opponent immediately scored a goal in response. It sucks,” Ovechkin said.
On the night of April 26-27, the Washington Capitals hosted the New York Rangers on the ice. The meeting ended with the strong-willed victory of the guests with a score of 1:3.
After this match, the series score was 3-0 in favor of Rangers. The fourth match will be played on the night of April 28-29.
Ovechkin played in a total of 79 regular season games in this season of the National Hockey League (NHL) and scored 31 goals and made 34 assists in these games.
Previously reportedOvechkin failed to score a point in his three playoff games with the Rangers.
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Source: Gazeta
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