Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin appears to already have his seventh Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy locked up. That’s great, but Ovechkin needs a hat trick tonight against the New Jersey Devils to tally his eighth 50-goal season. He wants it!
Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, Ovechkin came out firing and struck paydirt early.
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We're officially on @ovi8 watch #CapsDevils #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/q0SnbYa1Vj
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 7, 2018
During his second shift of the game, Ovi scored his 48th goal of the season on a sensational one timer from the faceoff circle. After Tom Wilson backhanded a pass to Evgeny Kuznetsov, the Russian center skated the puck into the zone and curled on the wing. Kuzy then sent a beautiful cross-ice pass to Ovechkin hiding on the dot.
Ovechkin beat Cory Schneider, who went to the splits to try and make the save.
The goal was Ovechkin’s 606th of his career. He’s now on a three-game goal scoring streak.
Ovechkin finished the first period with four shot attempts.
Alex Ovechkin is re-taping the blade of his stick after his third shift. He's on a mission tonight. pic.twitter.com/hNFNZt0TwJ
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 7, 2018
During the first intermission, Nicklas Backstrom spoke to Al Koken about Ovi’s impressive first period.
Nicklas Backstrom on Alex Ovechkin's quest for 50 goals: "He seems hungry tonight. He was skating well from the start. Nice that he got the first one there too. I hope for his sake, personally, he gets two more."
He then flashed a big smile to @RealSmokinAl. pic.twitter.com/EKYCaf8s4l
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) April 7, 2018
