Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal since the coronavirus pandemic paused the 2019-20 season (as long as you don’t count all of these and these).
During an intrasquad scrimmage featuring all active members of the Capitals Phase 3 roster, Ovechkin tallied the only goal for Team White. Team Red was victorious 3-1.
Alex Ovechkin scored in today's scrimmage. It was via some good forechecking and excellent passing by the first line. Check out that backward, backhanded pass by @tom_wilso 🔥 (🎥 @Capitals) pic.twitter.com/E6TfQO1WcG
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) July 18, 2020
Ovechkin’s goal came after some slick forechecking by the first line. At the left circle, Tom Wilson came out with the puck and sent a beautiful backhanded pass to Evgeny Kuznetsov who paused just enough to get the goaltender to commit. Kuzy then sent a pass to Ovechkin on the wing who chipped the puck home. He had no celebration.
Daniel Sprong scored two even-strength goals, including the game-winner, to lead Team Red to victory.
.@sprong97 with not one but ✌️ sweet goals in today's Phase 3 scrimmage pic.twitter.com/7RxnQrBAHK
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 18, 2020
Travis Boyd added an empty-net goal late in the game.
Boyd caps a 3-1 win for Team Red with the empty netter. #Caps pic.twitter.com/ZGzj8jvlW8
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) July 18, 2020
Here were the lineups via NHL.com’s Tom Gulitti. TJ Oshie, Ilya Samsonov, and Alex Alexeyev were the only players not to participate for unknown reasons.
Here's the Red Team lines and D pairs for the scrimmage (Oshie not practicing today)
Vrana-Backstrom-Boyd
Panik-Dowd-Hathaway
Malenstyn-Maillet-SprongDillon-Orlov
Fehervary-Gudas
LewingtonVanecek https://t.co/pxrswH312A
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) July 18, 2020
Other highlights include Richard Panik’s between-the-legs shot from right outside the crase.
The fourth line with some extended zone time. And, yes, that was Panik with the between-the-legs attempt. #Caps pic.twitter.com/CoeWvDldim
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) July 18, 2020
You can watch the full scrimmage below (though warning you might get vertigo).
Let’s take a live look from a robotic camera inside MedStar Capitals Iceplex for today’s Phase 3 Scrimmage! https://t.co/8IW7Mr0yM4
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 18, 2020
Headline photo: Cara Bahniuk/RMNB
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