Alex Ovechkin scored twice against the Ottawa Senators Friday night and received Ovi! Ovi! chants after passing Mark Messier for eighth on the all-time goals list.
But Senators’ fans gave Ovi an even bigger salute at the end of the game.
Alex Ovechkin accomplished more history against the Ottawa Senators on Friday night. But so did John Carlson.
On Ovechkin’s empty-net goal, the 695th of his career, Carlson tallied the primary assist, giving him 362 in his career.
That leapfrogged Carlson over Calle Johansson for the most assists by a defenseman in franchise history.
The Washington Capitals got another starring performance from their captain en route to a 5-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Good to go into the first game of the season against the Penguins on a high note.
The Caps out-shot the Sens 37 to 28, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 50 to 40.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin scored goals 694 and 695 on Friday night in Ottawa. That second goal, an empty-netter in the final minute, put Ovi one goal above Mark Messier and locked him into eighth place in the all-time goal-scoring list.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals traveled north to the great country of Canada to take on the Ottawa Senators. Ovi is still chasing history, Ilya Samsonov was back in net, and the Caps looked to find a good result after a poor outing at home on Wednesday.
TJ Oshie deflected home a layup after a precision slap pass from John Carlson. Evgeny Kuznetsov snuck one into the bean bag pads of the net. Chris Tierney got the Sens on the board in the second, Alex Ovechkin extended the Caps lead once more, and Thomas Chabot pulled the Sens within one again.
Carl Hagelin struck shorthanded. Artem Anisimov responded soon after on a separate power play. Ovechkin empty netter.
Caps beat Senators 5-3!
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
Connor Brown read the play. Evgeny Kuznetsov must have telegraphed it somehow, as Ottawa’s forward anticipated the pass and moved to intercept. Brown flew up the ice to set up Chris Tierney for a big shorthanded goal.
And with that, the Washington Capitals, the league’s best team, joined the Detroit Red Wings, the league’s worst team, for the NHL lead in shorthanded goals.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin is positively on fire. Taking a pass from Nicklas Backstrom, Ovechkin handily beat Marcus Hogberg to inch a bit closer to a yet another historical milestone.
This time, Ovechkin pulls up even with the NHL legend, Mark Messier.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals are rinsing the Ottawa Senators so far on Friday night. Evgeny Kuznetsov made that domination show up on the scoreboard with this close-up street magic Criss Angel-ass goal.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals are visiting another capital city in Ottawa after a tough home defeat to the Predators.
They will drop the puck at 7:30 PM again and this is your injury report.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
The Washington Capitals have traveled to Canada’s capital city to do battle with one of the league’s basement dwellers in the Ottawa Senators. The Caps did not play well whatsoever at home against Nashville on Wednesday, so this is a great opportunity to “be better”.
Puck drop is at 7:30 PM again and I will be back with another of my trademark scatterbrained recaps.
By Chris Cerullo 4 years ago
