‘“There were instances last year where unless it was a clear-cut look at an empty net, it’s not really how he wanted to do it when he approached … moving into third, moving into second,” Malenstyn told the Time Herald prior to Saturday’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at KeyBank Center. “He didn’t want it to be in those kind of scenarios, which, I mean, you kind of look at it from both sides. A goal’s a goal; it doesn’t matter how you do it. It’s so hard to score in this league.”’
Sabres’ Beck Malenstyn not surprised Alex Ovechkin rejected chance to score record-breaking goal into empty net
Source: Olean Times Herald