Alex Ovechkin
Sitting just two goals away from 700, Alex Ovechkin would like nothing more than to end this once and for all in the Desert where he lifted the Stanley Cup. Will this be the night?
Ovechkin enters tonight’s game with his longest drought of the season without a goal, four games. Ovechkin had two shots on goal in a loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. He followed that up with six against the New York Islanders and maybe a goal that deflected off of him but we’ll never know because John Carlson was credited with the goal.
In the Capitals win against the Colorado Avalanche, Ovechkin had seven shots on goal and eight in Saturday’s loss to the Arizona Coyotes.
“I would be pissed if I didn’t have any chances. It’s okay, it’s going to come,” Ovechkin told the media per El-Bashir of The Athletic.
Now Ovechkin returns to the place where the best nostalgic memory you can have in hockey was ever made. He told Mike Vogel of WashingtonCaps.com:
"“Yeah, it’s great memories obviously. We won the Cup there; it’s always going to be great memories for us, and I think for you guys [in the media] as well, because you’ve been with us all those times. It’s a great city and good memories.”"
Puck drop is at 6 p.m. eastern tonight and you can catch the game on NBC Sports Washington as well as nationally on the NBC Sports network.