Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorIn Alexander's overseas career, there was only one case of a long goalless streak at the start of the season. In that championship, he became the best sniper. «Washington Capitals» in the usual style stalled at the start of the new draw of the NHL regular season, having been defeated in the first two meetings. First, the “Capitals” in all respects lost to “Boston”, and then out of the blue missed their points in the game with “Toronto”. To rehabilitate before the fans and get the first victory of the season was pretty soon: at the Capital One Arena, Montreal was defeated. The game with the Canadiens performed by the Capitals perfectly described Peter Laviolette's entire hockey. An active but fussy start, a subsequent defensive mistake that leads to a missed puck, and the use of absolutely all resources to gnaw out a strong-willed victory. This is exactly the scenario that was used today. “Capitals” had a good first period and even printed someone else's goal (although the goal was not counted), but at the start of the second 20-minute overslept the leader of the “Canadiens” Nick Suzuki. He mockingly made the defense of “Washington” a real laughing stock and opened the scoring.
