Half-human/half-Soviet tank parts Alex Ovechkin almost suffered a scary injury Thursday night against the Florida Panthers.
But you know how this story ends. Russian machine never breaks, so he’s fine.
The Washington Capitals ended their three-game losing streak Thursday night against the Florida Panthers, but they weren’t necessarilly all smiles after the game.
Midway through the third period, Evgeny Kuznetsov, who was centering the team’s first line with Alex Ovechkin, suffered a left-leg injury and was forced to leave the game. His status is unknown headed into the All-Star Break.
On the same day Vince McMahon announced the rebirth of the XFL, the Caps visited Florida to take on the Panthers.
The Caps killed off three early penalties only to see Denis Malgin give the Panthers a 1-0 lead a little over halfway into the opening frame. The Caps finally got a power play and that led to Nick Backstrom tying the game late in the first.
Malgin scored again in the second to put the Panthers back on top. Later in the period, Brooks Orpik wisely threw the puck on net and Alex Ovechkin tipped it home to tie the game. Late in the second, John Carlson capped off some nice play from the top line and nicely put the good guys on top. Nice.
Early in the third, Brett Connolly took a good feed from Andre Burakovsky and put it in the net to put the Caps up 4-2.
Caps win 4-2!
By Patrick Holden 5 years ago
After becoming the 143rd player ever to tally 500 assists, Alex Ovechkin became the third player ever with 30 goals to in each of his first 13 seasons.
Yeah. It was just that type of game for Ovi.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin makes history almost every night he plays, and Thursday the Russian machine hit another huge milestone.
Ovechkin tallied his 500th career assist on a Nicklas Backstrom power-play goal. The Great 8 became the 143rd player in NHL history to hit the half century mark in assists.
The Capitals have headed down to sunny Florida to face off against the Panthers tonight before they take some time off for the All-Star break.
While some people think that the Capitals haven’t been looking too hot, the Panthers are actually not doing well. Not only have they lost six of their last eight games, but their two top goaltenders are injured. So now some stranger named Harri Sateri is in net and I can’t stop saying tonight is going to be a “Harri Sateri Parti” (all pronounced to rhyme). But they do have two things going for them. First, their shot attempt percentage is slightly higher than the Capitals. And second, they are based near Miami. There are worse places to be located in Florida.
The game starts at 7:30 PM, just enough to throw you off. You can meet Pat Holden back here for the recap.
By Elyse Bailey 5 years ago
