The Washington Capitals defeated the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. For the full game recap click here. Read on to find out who we believe were the top 3 studs from the win.
#3 Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin was all over the ice in this game. He had the secondary assist on Wilson's power play goal which was his 12th assist of the season. It tied Nicklas Lidstrom at 590 for the 12th most power play points in NHL history. He would later tap in an empty net goal for his 20th of the season to join Gordie Howe (22) as the second player in NHL history to score 20 or more goals in 20 consecutive seasons.
With that tally, Ovechkin is now 21 away from tying and 22 away from passing Wayne Gretzky.
It was the 20th time in his career Ovechkin reached the 20 goal mark. It was also the Caps 20th game in Nahsville in franchise history. In addition, Ovi has been in the league for the last 20 seasons so it truly is remarkable he reached this and is this close to Gretzky at age 39.
The most tragic thing about the article is Ovi isn't the first stud but that's why there's two more.