Washington Capitals: Top 5 Alex Ovechkin goals of 2021

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#2 A backhanded pass turned goal

In a March 26th contest against the New Jersey Devils, Ovechkin once again had a multi goal game. This time it was the first goal that made the cut for this list. This was no ordinary Ovechkin goal.

Entering the zone, Ovechkin did a sweet backhanded pass to Evgeny Kuznetsov. He then cut toward the goal with Kuzy feeding him the puck right in front for the slam dunk. It came early at 5:58 in the first period.

The Caps would also get goals from Nicklas Backstrom and Conor Sheary before Ovechkin added his second of the night in a 4-0 win.

Caps head coach Peter Laviolette told the media after the game via Samantha Pell of The Washington Post (subscription required):

"“[Ovechkin] is a guy that takes a lot of pride in his game and a lot of pride in scoring goals and pride in his team being successful, and he knows that he’s a big part of that. Just the way things went down to start the year, it maybe didn’t get on track quite the way he wanted it at the beginning of the year, which probably fuels him even more.”"

That is four goals and now there is one more left. Which one is number one?

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