Alex Ovechkin is nearly impossible to stop on the power play– even if you know a shot his coming. He’s even more difficult to stop when one of your teammates deflects his shot and makes it go in the opposite direction.
That’s what happened during the Caps’ first-period power play against the Rangers. Evgeny Kuznetsov found Ovechkin near the right circle. Ovechkin shot, and then suicide-diving Jesper Fast deflected the puck past Cam Talbot.
Like a boomerang.
That was Ovechkin’s league-leading 45th goal of the season and 21st power play goal on the season. It was also the 467th goal of his career.
Ovi's pretty good on the powerplay pic.twitter.com/yjp40JfAtI
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) March 12, 2015
