The good, the bad, the ugly against Coyotes

The good

At 8:55 in the second period, the Caps struck on the power play on a classic Alex Ovechkin shot from the office. It was his seventh goal of the season and 787th of his career.

His 787th goal passed Gordie Howe for the most goals scored with one franchise. He’s still chasing Howe for number two on the all time goals list but nobody has scored more goals with one team than Alex Ovechkin.

“Obviously it’s a huge moment. Last couple games there was some big milestones but unfortunately we didn’t get the win. Special moment and it’s nice to have both my kids and my wife there with the fans. My parents watched (in Russia), so yeah it was a special moment,” Alex Ovechkin told the media after the game.

Ovechkin is now 14 goals away from tying Gordie Howe’s mark of 801 career goals. He’s also 107 goals away from number one Wayne Gretzky.

The crowd went wild and when Ovechkin shot the puck everyone knew it was going to go in. As “Shake, Rattle and Roll” blared through the speakers which is Ovechkin’s goal song, I got flashbacks of 2005 as he did it in those black reverse retro Screaming Eagle jerseys.