Ovechkin after the first puck of the season said that enters the rhythm of the game
Ovechkin in the match against Seattle Kraken interrupted the goalless series and scored his first puck of the season
Russian captain “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin after his first puck in the season of the National hockey League (NHL) said that he took time to enter the rhythm, cites the words of the hockey player, the press service of the league.
In the fifth match of the NHL regular championship against Seattle Kraken (3:5) Ovechkin in the 17th minute of the meeting scored the first puck of the season and broke the record of Canadian Wayne Gretzky for goals in the NHL in October.
As I said, the training camp didn’t go the way I’d like. But in the course of matches you start to feel the puck, catch the rhythm of the game. I think in the last two games we had good moments to take goal, and we realized them, said Ovechkin.
In July, Ovechkin signed a new one-year contract with Washington. This season, he can beat Gretzky's record for the total number of goals in the NHL (including the playoffs) - 1016. Now on account of the Russian already 1007 goals.
In the first match of the new season, Ovechkin scored an assist in the game with the current holder of the Stanley Cup “Carolina Hurricanes” (5: 2), but broke the personal record for playing time (12 minutes 46 seconds). In the next games against the Tampa Bay Lightning (1: 3), the Pittsburgh Penguins (5: 3) and the New York Rangers (3: 1), Ovechkin was left without points.
In early October, the Russian announced that this season will be his last in the NHL.
In the next match, “Washington” on the night of October 14 will meet with the current champion “Carolina Hurricanes”.
