Alex Ovechkin once checked Zdeno Chara into the bench. Now Conor Timmins had his turn.
During a raucous second period where every Ovechkin touch of the puck made the crowd make loud noises, it was a powerful Ovechkin check that will end up on the highlight-reel.
Ovechkin sent the Leafs defenseman up and over dasherboards into the Capitals’ bench after a Dylan Strome faceoff loss in the neutral zone.
Tom Wilson delivered one of the biggest hits of his playoffs career Monday during Game Two against the Boston Bruins.
The Capitals forward caught an unaware Curtis Lazar in the right shoulder sending him airborne into the Bruins bench.
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
The first period of Monday’s Caps-Knights game was not a good one for Washington, but at least we got this mondo check from Alex Ovechkin on his old teammate Nate Schmidt.
The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings, but they were supposed to do that.
What wasn’t supposed to happen was Mike Green temporarily rejoining the Washington Capitals bench, by force, at the hands of Garnet Hathaway.
By Peter Hassett 4 years ago
Alex Ovechkin is a big rig. And 6-foot-9-inch Zdeno Chara is nicknamed The Big Z.
So physics demands that when these two big humans meet, there is a lot of force involved. And that happened during the first period.
In the neutral zone, the two future Hall of Famers fought for a loose puck. Chara ended up in the Caps bench.
By Ian Oland 5 years ago
