""O's been solid," Carbery said. "I don't think the production's been there thus far. He's got the two goals coming off of faceoff plays. But they just haven't been falling for him early in the year, much like a lot of our group. So it's a little bit different than last year. Felt like everything went in for him last year. His shooting percentage was through the roof, best of his career, and now it feels like it's flipped a little bit through 10 games.""
""Nothing to panic about. It's just, you know, sometimes you go through these stretches where pucks aren't finding the back of the net for you, so you just have to work through it and continue to put yourself in good spots, generate the looks, and eventually you keep doing the right things and they'll go for you.""
Alex Ovechkin began the 2025–26 season with two goals and seven points in 10 games while recovering from a lower-body injury sustained at the start of training camp, missing all but the final two preseason games. The two-goal start equals his worst 10-game openings previously recorded in 2008–09, 2012–13 and 2023–24. Ovechkin is shooting 9.1 percent on 22 shots and averaging 2.2 shots per game, down from his career 13.1 percent and 4.6 shots per game, and well under his 2024–25 18.6 percent mark following a 44-goal season. The plan is to keep generating looks, stay in prime scoring positions, and maintain effort so goals will eventually return.
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