Ovechkin topped the ranking of Washington’s worst players in terms of usefulness
Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin topped the rating of the worst players of the Washington Capitals in the 2023/2024 season of the National Hockey League (NHL) in terms of usefulness. Statistics are available on the league website.
This season, the captain of the capital’s club earned a utility indicator of -15. Another Russian forward for Washington, Evgeny Kuznetsov, has a score of -13, the second worst result on the team.
On January 25, in a match against the Colorado Avalanche (2:6), Ovechkin extended his goalless streak to eight games. In total, this season he played 43 meetings in the regular season, in which he scored eight goals and gave 21 assists.
38-year-old Ovechkin continues to chase the NHL sniper record, which belongs to Canadian Wayne Gretzky. The Russian has 830 goals scored, the gap from the leader is 64 goals.
Source: Lenta
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