There are own goals and then there’s this.
Saturday, during the Sabres-Flyers game, Rasmus Ristolainen passed the puck back to Carter Hutton hoping the goaltender could bail him out of trouble. Instead, Hutton passed the puck to Flyers forward Joel Farabee standing directly in front of him, resulting in a very easy goal.
Alex Ovechkin’s goalscoring should be slowing due to his age. Instead Ovi’s leading the league in goals at age 32 and is on pace for over 50 for the eighth time in his legendary career.
One of the reasons why the Russian machine’s production remains 🔥 is due to his prowess on the power play. Ovechkin is lethal from the left face-off circle where he’s scored 37.6 percent of his 580 career goals.
Sunday in the Caps’ 4-3 OT win over the Blues, Ovechkin, from his office, scored his league-leading 27th goal of the season and his 220th career marker on the power play, which ranks him tenth all time.
