Alex Ovechkin made some history with his second-period powerplay goal against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Ovechkin (256) moved into third place on the all-time powerplay goals list passing Teemu Selanne (255). The Russian machine is now the greatest powerplay goal scorer of all-time born outside North America.
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Ovechkin’s historic PPG came one-minute and twenty-nine seconds after Jordan Staal stuck out his leg and went knee-on-knee on The Great 8.
Jordan Staal's kneeing penalty on Alex Ovechkin. pic.twitter.com/YMcUHq05je
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Ovechkin fell to the ice and struggled to get up. Eventually, he got back on his skates and skated back to the bench where he flexed his knee during the TV timeout. Pissed, Ovechkin would come back and take his next shift on the resulting powerplay.
.@Laughlin18: Alex Ovechkin is "a machine as we all know." pic.twitter.com/iHFpce4ikO
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After a beautiful pass by fellow countryman Dmitry Orlov, Ovechkin fired an unstoppable one-timer from his office past Petr Mrázek.
never gets old pic.twitter.com/Es8ooxWADT
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Yeah, ain’t nobody stopping that.
Once Jordan Staal left the penalty box, Ovechkin screamed at him as he made his way off the ice.
The goal was Ovechkin’s 24th goal of the season and the 682nd of his career. He is now three goals shy of passing Selanne (684) for 11th all-time.
In terms of PPGs, Ovechkin only trails Dave Andreychuk and Brett Hull.
Alex Ovechkin scores on the power play to cut the Carolina lead to 3-2. It marks Ovechkin's 256th career power play goal, passing Teemu Selanne for the third most in NHL history. pic.twitter.com/mHhOxmUN7e
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