Ovechkin Fires Away but Finds Nothing in Washington's 7-4 Loss
The Capitals' shooter kept putting pucks on net against New Jersey, and none of them found twine on a night that got away from Washington.
Alex Ovechkin went home empty-handed. He had no goals, no assists and a minus 2 rating in 11:05 of ice time as the Capitals fell 7-4 to the Devils at home.
He did shoot. Ovechkin put four shots on net over 16 shifts, two at even strength and two on the power play, and none beat the goalie. He had no hits, no blocked shots, no takeaways and no giveaways.
His ice time ranked 16th among 18 Washington skaters and 10th among 12 forwards. That is a little under his season average of 13.6 minutes a night.
Four shots is a busy night for him in that sense. On the season he has one goal and four assists in 18 games on 32 shots, so the goals have been slow to arrive again.
The loss leaves Washington at 10-8-0, on a two-game skid, and holding the third wild-card spot.