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Capitals: Top 3 heroes against Wild

ByMichael Marzzacco|
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals skates with the puck against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period at Capital One Arena on February 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals skates with the puck against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first period at Capital One Arena on February 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals acknowledges the crowd as he is honored for scoring 700 career NHL goals prior to playing against the Winnipeg Jets at Capital One Arena on February 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals acknowledges the crowd as he is honored for scoring 700 career NHL goals prior to playing against the Winnipeg Jets at Capital One Arena on February 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Alex Ovechkin

The Caps got on the power play when Greg Pateryn was called for tripping Lars Eller. Then they went to 5-on-3 at 6:12 when Alex Stalock was called for high sticking T.J. Oshie. The penalty was served in the sin bin by Marcus Foligno.

Alex Ovechkin struck on the attack right outside the Ovi office from way downtown. It was a beautiful one-timer slapshot at 7:21. John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom had the helpers.

Then dreams finally came true for Caps fans. We got to see an Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Kovalchuk line! That’s right Ilya Kovalchuk skated down, found Evgeny Kuznetsov who set it up to Ovechkin to unload a one-timer at 10:59 to give the Caps a 3-1 lead.

Alex Ovechkin now has 45 goals on the season and 703 in his incredible career. He has now scored 356 career goals on the road which passes Jaromir Jagr for third most in NHL history. Ovechkin’s 45 goals are tied with Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs for second in the league behind David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins with 47.

Ovechkin spoke highly of his new teammate Kovalchuk and told Mike Vogel of WashingtonCaps.com after the game:

"“I’m so happy for Kovy. He is playing better and better. For him, it’s different system and different teammates, but I think all the team is trying to help him feel comfortable, and you can see he is enjoying it and trying to do the best that he can.”"

Keep up the Russian line of Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Kovalchuk and I think the trio will feel most comfortable.

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