Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorThe Russian leader of the Washington Capitals could not help but upset his former mentor. Throughout the week since the full start of the new season of the National Hockey League, the public did nothing but discuss the performance of Alexander Ovechkin. More precisely, its absence. In the first three matches of the regular season, the captain of “Washington” designed only one transfer and could not send the puck into the goal on his own. Ovechkin shot the goalkeepers, knocking down field players along the way, but some details and little things constantly prevented Alexander from celebrating the goal. Either the goalkeepers made crazy saves, or the judges canceled a goal due to the mistakes of Ovi's teammates, or the projectile did not want to hit the target at all, finding a tiny bar from all the obstacles. These little things led to almost the worst start in the entire NHL career of the famous Russian sniper. But all series — including unsuccessful ones — are interrupted at some point. Fortunately, it happened promptly in every sense of the word.
