Top 3 key Capitals to watch against Sharks
#1 Alex Ovechkin
After a cold start to the season, Alex Ovechkin is heating up. He would’ve had a three game goal streak if his would’ve been goal on Friday night didn’t get called back for offsides. If he scores today he’ll be 69 goals away from Wayne Gretzky which is pretty nice.
It began with his 300th power play goal on Tuesday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nobody else has more power play goals than Ovechkin and he’s the first ever to reach the 300 milestone. It was also the 3,000th power play goal in Capitals history.
Ovechkin has scored 9.99 percent of the power play goals in franchise history which is the third highest percentage in NHL history among players with at least 40 power lay goals with one franchise. Teemu Selanne has 12.2 percent with the Anaheim Ducks and Steven Stamkos has 11.6 percent with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Tampa Bay entered the NHL in 1992 93 while Anaheim played it’s first season in 1993 94. The Capitals’ inaugural season was in 1974 75 which is 31 years before Ovechkin’s first NHL season in 2005 06.
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Ovechkin needs to average 25 goals a season for the next three seasons to to bypass Wayne Gretzky. Two down and 23 more to go but let’s hope he scores more than 25 this season.