Ovi’s smiles are getting progressively weirder as the night goes on. (Photo credit: @ovi8)

With Alex Ovechkin scoring his 700th point and the Capitals escaping Raleigh with a win over division-leading Carolina, the players were in a festive mood. That might explain why half the team started tweeting after the game, shooting congratulations to Ovi (#respect), describing the victory with a three-letter word, and posting… well… other weird things.

Take a look for yourself.

Big win for us tonight!And was excited to wear the new Bauer skate APX2. #caps#bauer twitter.com/backstrom19/st…

— Nicklas Backstrom (@backstrom19) March 15, 2013

@mayhockeycsn @laughlin18 haha.. I think me and @laughlin18 will have good chemistry:)

— Nicklas Backstrom (@backstrom19) March 15, 2013

Lol “@backstrom19: Big win for us tonight!And was excited to wear the new Bauer skate APX2. #caps#bauer twitter.com/backstrom19/st…”

— John Carlson (@JohnCarlson74) March 15, 2013

Big win boy!big 2pts we back on track!!!!

— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) March 15, 2013

Great win for the @washcaps. Check out this picture yesterday, Matty P got some new furniture. twitter.com/JohnCarlson74/…

— John Carlson (@JohnCarlson74) March 15, 2013

Huge W for us tonight #caps

— Michal Neuvirth (@mneuvirth30) March 15, 2013

Great character win 4the @washcaps !!! & a follow from @johncarlson74. Does this mean we are putting our 2 touch battle to rest? #Frenemies

— Steven Oleksy (@StevenOleksy) March 15, 2013

Congrats to my mom and my brother team Dynamo wommen basketballl club to win a big tournoment!!! twitter.com/ovi8/status/31…

— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) March 15, 2013

Big win for the caps!!!!

— mike ribeiro (@ribz9) March 15, 2013

@greenlife52 @mjohansson90@backstrom19 boys goes to boston and mike almost breaks his neck bc he wants to be in pic twitter.com/ovi8/status/31…

— Alex Ovechkin (@ovi8) March 15, 2013

Also a huge congrats 2 @ovi8 hitting the 700 point mark but making it 701 a few minutes just 2make sure the milestone was reached. #Respect

— Steven Oleksy (@StevenOleksy) March 15, 2013

Ovechkin with his 700th career point tonight. Amongst all the criticism, no doubt still one of the best players in the league #respect

— Tom Wilson (@tom_wilso) March 15, 2013

We need to get @jrandalward42 horizontal. He is fading on the bus…fast. twitter.com/tbrouwer20/sta…

— Troy Brouwer (@tbrouwer20) March 15, 2013