Alexander Ovechkin: NHL’s First Star of the Week After Surging Performance with 9 Points in 4 Games!

Alexander Ovechkin – the first star of the week in the NHL. The Great Eight has 9 points (5 goals, 4 assists) in his last four games for the Washington Capitals. Thanks to this, the captain of the capital became the fourth player in the history of the league who scored 3 points or more in two games in a row among hockey players 39 years old and older. We will tell you how Russia week went in the NHL.

Alasdair Ovechkin is the first star of the week in the NHL

On October 30, the Washington Capitals defeated the New York Rangers at home (5:3). Ovechkin spent 17 minutes 47 seconds on the ice and scored a double in the first period. Alexander scored two goals with a difference of 1 minute and 47 seconds. Dylan Strome and Alexey Protas assisted him in both goals.

A day later, Alexander scored 1 + 2 using the “goal + pass” system in the game with the Montreal Canadiens (6:3). Thanks to this, he played his 133rd game where he scored three or more points. This is the second most in the league among active players (only Sidney Crosby has more – 180).

– Everything is fine now. We support each other. When you win games, there is always that feeling coming from the coaches and the players. I hope this continues, but it will be a long season. Of course there will be ups and downs, so we have to stick together no matter what,” Ovechkin said.

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Washington Capitals players continued to appear in the game with the Columbus Blue Jackets (7:2). Ovechkin had another goal and two assists. In this game, Alasdair finished the game with a “+4” utility score for the first time in almost five years. Before that, the last time he managed to do this was in a game with the people of New York Island (6:4) in 2020. Then the forward got a hat-trick. In addition, in the 2019/20 season, Ovechkin had two such games – with the Detroit Red Wings (5: 2) in November 2019, the Russian had 4 points (3 + 1) in the game with a convenient indicator of “+ 4”.

In the game Carolina-Washington (4:2), the game was led by other Russians – Dmitry Orlov and Andrei Svechnikov. The former scored a double (including the winning goal), the latter added the final result with his goal into an empty net. As for Alexander Ovechkin, he was not overshadowed – at the end of the first period he turned the majority, shooting past Peter Kochetkov.

I wonder if Ovechkin can continue his scoring streak – Washington has games with Nashville and Pittsburgh ahead.