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Capitals Defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Ovechkin’s Two Goal Night

By Edward L Ford Jr |
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - FEBRUARY 22: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals scores at 4:50 of the third period against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on February 22, 2020 in Newark, New Jersey. With the goal, Ovechkin became the eight player in NHL history to score 700 goals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - FEBRUARY 22: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals scores at 4:50 of the third period against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on February 22, 2020 in Newark, New Jersey. With the goal, Ovechkin became the eight player in NHL history to score 700 goals. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Capitals defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3.

Boy it never gets old. Are you really surprised that none-other then Alex Ovechkin opens up the scoring for the Washington Capitals at the 16:59 mark of the first period with a one-timer from his Office.

The only person I see taking over his office full-time is his son, Sergei Ovechkin Jr and we have about 18 plus year to go before we wittiness that.

Seconds later Richard Panik snipes a snap-shot home at the 9:32 mark of the first period, to give the Capitals the lead 2-1. Nope, we’re not done yet.

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Ovechkin is on pace for 50-goals again and it looked like he was trying to get to 50 while in Minnesota. The Capitals would go up 3-1 after Ovechkin smacks a slap shot that gets through Stalock.

However, later in the first period, the Minnesota Wild would get power-play and Fiala sends a wicked slap shot past Braden Holtby to bring the Wild within one, 3-2.

The second period was the most physical game I’ve ever seen between two teams, one holding a one point division lead and the other one point out of the second wild card spot. Bet you didn’t know that before the game started.

The start of the third period went very well for Ovechkin and Tom Wilson as Ovechkin passed the puck unselfishly to his teammate and Wilson snipes a wrist shot pass Stalock to make it a 4-2 lead right of the back.

Not much would happen in the third other then Pairse scoring on the power play to cut into the lead making it 4-3 with 7:07 left in the third.

Holtby, the third key to victory, in an early article played his butt off saving 37 of 40 shots for a .925% save percentage. Ovechkin now has 45 goals and will more than likely get to 50 goals before the season ends.

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The question is will he get to 60. The Capitals improved to 40-19-6 and 86 points with a big matchup coming up Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Flyers in Washington D.C.

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