Early in the first period, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin loaded-up for a gigantic hit on Tyler Ennis at center ice. Unfortunately for the Russian machine, center Nicklas Backstrom was defending Ennis too, which allowed Ovechkin to merely deliver a glancing blow to the Sabres forward.
With all that momentum, something had to absorb the Russianness. That something ended up being the side boards. Without any glass, Ovechkin flipped heels-over-head. He was lucky to grab ahold of the dasher boards before doing a complete 360.
Wheeeeeee!
Later in the period, CSN showed a zoomed-in replay.
Ken Sabourin, who is inside the glass, is lucky his head is still connected to his torso.
So yeah, Ovi, don’t do that.
