There are many label Alex Ovechkin has yet to shake in his career NHL. One of the trapped since the beginning of the day with the Washington Capitals: that he left his skates on his booming too many checks.
In the second period of Caps ‘ 4-3 OT loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, Ovechkin was caught it hit on defenseman Zbynek Michalek-and catch a small Cup, also Michalek’s.
Ovechkin is not punished for the game and playing the usual Michalek shift for the entire game. Ovechkin scored a goal in the third period.
Is the head of the main point of contact? If so, it must refer to at least small penalty. It’s shoulders then head? Looks like it. One thing is clear: it’s skate from the ice.
Must mean something more than the NHL? It’s reckless to hit the player who has had a few run-ins in the past (but not lately … especially because it hits like this rare for him now). Not sure that, in the context of an additional NHL discipline, it will be a suspension without injury. In fact, without injury, we’ll bet no one.