Ovechkin is hurting badly in the rink now.
Alexandr Ovechkin’s attempts were completely reset again. PDO
Alexander Ovechkin the season in the NHL has started historically miserably.
The Washington Capitals, captained by the 38-year-old Russian, lost to the Ottawa Senators by a score of 1-6 on Thursday night, and the captain didn’t get a single shot on goal again.
This was already the second match in a row when Ovechkin didn’t get the itch until the goal. by an NHL.com reporter by Tom Gullitt by this has never happened before in Ovechkin’s NHL career.
The Senators defenders made fun of the Russian star and blocked all four of his shots. In the previous match, the Paks of the Calgary Flames blocked three moves and two completely missed the goal.
Ovechkin’s performance in the first three games of the season is 0+1. Only the third time in his career he is scoreless after three games.
The input point also came about in a really lucky way. Ovechkin tried to mislead the Senators Jake Sanderson in front of the goal, but lost the puck and John Carlson shot it in.
However, the Capitals’ social media team praised the pass as “clever” on X (formerly Twitter).
Senators Josh Norris immediately scored two goals after returning from a long sick leave. Norris suffered from a shoulder injury and was sidelined for most of last season.
The second NHL game of the night ended with the Detroit Red Wings’ 6–3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.