Ovechkin skated with Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas on the first line and he managed to have a multi-point game despite playing on his strong but unnatural side: right wing.
Ovechkin, right-handed, has played almost his entire 20-season career on the left wing. As a young star, he would score frequently on rushes.
That candor continued in the locker room where he told assembled media, "First couple shift was kind of like, 'Whoa.' It's always like I want to go to the left side."
A winger playing on their strong side does have obvious benefits... It also makes it easier to play pucks along the boards in the D-zone and their backs won't be to the play defensively so much.
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