Ovechkin suffered a facial injury in Washington's match against Chicago in the NHL

To the Russian striker and captain of the National Hockey League (NHL) club Washington Capitals Alexander Ovechkin was hit in the face with a stick during a regular season match against the Chicago Blackhawks.

The blow was so strong that the athlete got blood on his lip, and one of his front teeth broke off. The incident occurred in the third period. It was attended by the opposing player Louis Crevier, who did not receive any punishment from the referee.

The match of the teams took place on the night of Sunday, January 4. As a result, the hockey players from Chicago won 3-2 after a shootout. Ovechkin spent 18 minutes on the ice, made two shots on goal, used four power moves, but did not show any results. His goalless streak reached four matches.

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Dorofeev is the best sniper, Marchenko and Voronkov are pulling Columbus, Ovechkin is approaching the 900 mark.

Prior to that, on January 1, Ovechkin became involved in a brawl in an NHL regular season match against the Ottawa Senators. In the first period, Ottawa defender Artem Zubov played hard against Washington forward Alexei Protas, who crashed into the side as a result. Ovechkin and his teammate Dylan Strome reacted to the incident by coming into conflict with the opposing players.

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