In the home match of the regular season against Pittsburgh Penguins, the 34-year-old Russian was unable to hit the opponent’s goal, thus interrupting his goal series, during which he scored 11 goals in five games.
In the match against Pittsburgh, Ovechkin spent 23 minutes 15 seconds on the ice and during that time delivered four shots on goal of the Penguins.
Earlier it was reported that Ovechkin was recognized as the best player of the month in the NHL for the first time since 2015.