Ovechkin repeated his sad "record"

Russian striker of the club “Washington” Alexander Ovechkin failed to hit the opponent’s goal in the home meeting of the regular season of the National hockey League (NHL) against “Florida”, thereby extending his goalless streak to ten matches. The captain of the capital team thus repeated his second longest record for this indicator in his professional career.

It is worth noting that earlier in his career, the hockey player has twice found himself in a similar situation. So, in the period from February to March 2017, his series without abandoned goals also lasted 10 meetings, and in November and December 2023 this figure reached 14 matches.

In the asset Ovechkin listed only one abandoned puck in 15 games of the current championship. If you take into account the playoffs, the captain of “Washington” holds the second place in the ranking of the best snipers in the history of the NHL, having in his asset 1,007 goals. According to this criterion, he is second only to the legendary Canadian Wayne Gretzky, who has 1,016 accurate shots. At the same time, the current championship will be the final for the Russian athlete in the overseas league.

Recall that earlier the club “Washington” managed to avoid the third defeat in a row, having defeated “Florida” with the score 4: 3.

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