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Ovechkin Doesn’t See Much Ice Time In The 3rd Period

by Paul on 04/20/12 at 02:53 AM ET
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from Corey Misisak of NHL.com,

One guy who was surprisingly missing for much of the third period as the Capitals tried to hold off the Bruins was captain Alex Ovechkin, who played only 1:58 in the period. Ovechkin took four shifts in the period, but played only 54 seconds in final 17:20 and only 15 seconds in the final 14:00.

Ovechkin played 15:03 in the first two periods—more than all of Washington’s skaters save for Mike Green, who was on ice for 15:25 through 40 minutes. The Capitals’ captain took a 64-second shift that ended 2:40 into the third, then his final three shifts lasted 39, two and 13 seconds….

Ovechkin wasn’t the only star player on the team to not play much in the third period. Green played only 3:24 in the final 20 minutes, while Alexander Semin logged only 3:03. But every Washington skater saw at least three minutes of ice time—except for Ovechkin.

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