The Washington Capitals lost to the Edmonton Oilers 4-3, but Alex Ovechkin had one of his strongest games of the year.
The Capitals captain scored two goals (it could have easily been three) after putting nine shots on net. He had 16 shot attempts total.
After the game, Ethan Bear, a 22-year-old Oilers’ rookie defenseman, was asked about Ovechkin’s big night.
“Honestly, I wish he didn’t score. But it was pretty cool to see — he just rips it top cheese. Nobody’s really that upset. It’s Ovechkin, right?" — Ethan Bear on playing vs. Ovechkin for the first time.
— Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) October 25, 2019
Nobody’s really that upset. It’s Ovechkin, right? is now one of my new favorite quotes.
Ovechkin’s 134th career multigoal game now quietly sits him second in NHL goal-scoring.
I’ll blame Johnny Norris for nobody talking about that right now.
🗣 #Johnny4Norris pic.twitter.com/Yncyb0viNg
— Washington 👻 Capitals (@Capitals) October 24, 2019
Goal 1
Ovechkin scored his 666th career goal appropriately days before Halloween. Ovechkin incredibly tipped a point shot from Jonas Siegenthaler into the net for his eighth goal of the season.
Alex Ovechkin's incredible deflection for career goal no. 666 pic.twitter.com/hXe0Ottfos
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 25, 2019
He had a gr8 celebration.
v happy pic.twitter.com/6B7WLDRaRn
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) October 25, 2019
Goal 2
On Ovi’s second goal, Edmonton had all four of its penalty killers shade on one side curiously leaving one of the greatest powerplay scorers of all-time alone on an island. Ovi deftly roofed the puck past Mikko Koskinen for his second goal of the night.
From the office, obv. pic.twitter.com/3nMMCOASrC
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) October 25, 2019
Hat trick attempt
This is a Hall of Fame shift here. Alex Ovechkin almost scores a hat trick off the dangle at one end. Then he hustles back and dives to break up a two-on-one break. pic.twitter.com/rwLhDwBYv4
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 25, 2019
Finally, in the third period, Ovechkin had one of those shifts that was just stunning to watch. He almost completed the hat trick on the play. At one end, he deked around an Oilers defender but was bested by Koskinen.
With his goals, Ovechkin accomplished moar history.
With his 134th career multi-goal game, Alex Ovechkin is now two goals shy of passing Luc Robitaille (668) for the 12th most goals in NHL history.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) October 25, 2019
Ovechkin has buried for the @Capitals a 2nd time tonight. With it, he moves 1 back of Robitaille by this criteria but also joins Dave Andreychuk (274), Brett Hull (265) & Teemu Selanne (255) as the only players in NHL history with 250+ career PP goals https://t.co/dKCgE6bZzK
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) October 25, 2019
Ovechkin also passes Hull for 3rd in multi-goal games (134) before age 35 behind only Wayne Gretzky (182) & Mario Lemieux (140). He also passes Marcel Dionne's 665 career goals for the 3rd most within a player's first 15 seasons behind Gretzky (803) + Lemieux (682) https://t.co/1CvsH5KOWu
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) October 25, 2019
Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Oilers
Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington
