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Ovechkin offers advice to struggling Kessel
Phil Kessel - W - Toronto Maple Leafs
Feb. 5, 2013 - 5:50 PM ET

Alex Ovechkin has some advice for Phil Kessel, who hasn't scored a goal in nine games.

"I think after a couple games, you think like, 'OK, I'm gonna have a chance and I'm gonna score,'" Ovechkin said. "After nine games you feel like big pressure on your shoulder, especially in Toronto. The fans, the media all over him I think. I just wanna give him advice like, 'Don't listen nobody. Just play your game.' Everybody knows he can score; he's a top player out there. Lots of players play against him very carefully and give him more pressure. He just have to handle it." Ovechkin is struggling too, though not to the same extent as Kessel. Both of them should bounce back in a big way in the not too distant future.

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