Travis Konecny explains why he confronted Alex Ovechkin after second empty-net goal
The biggest drama of the Capitals-Flyers game happened with nine seconds to go in the game.
That was when Alex Ovechkin scored his second empty-net goal of the night in the third period, giving the Capitals a 4-1 lead.
Ovechkin got ahead of the play after it seemed like the Capitals might gain possession. After Evgeny Kuznetsov hit him with a pass off the boards, Ovi slowly skated the puck into the offensive zone and slid it into the net.
He did not celebrate. He did not put any metaphorical relish on it. He just did the thing and began nonchalantly skating back to the bench – one goal closer to Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record.
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