MOSCOW, Jan 8 Russian forward of St. Louis Pavel Buchnevich told that the team managed to hold back Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin thanks to tight play and depriving him of free space. On Friday, St. Louis beat Washington 5-1 in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season. Buchnevich scored two goals and made an effective pass, for which he was recognized as the best player in the meeting. Ovechkin did not score points. «Firstly, I want to say thank you to the fans for their support,» the Russian-language version of the NHL website quotes Buchnevich. no doubt Ovi is a great player. The coach told us to play as tightly as possible with him and take away his free space. And I think we succeeded. We did a great job and won today thanks to the team effort. » This season, Ovechkin scored 50 (24 goals + 26 assists) points, Buchnevich — 33 (13 + 20) points.
