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Alex Ovechkin scored twice Tuesday and the Caps more than doubled up Metropolitan Division rival Rangers in shots for a 5-3 victory at Capital One Arena.
Ovechkin continued his path to the NHL goal record by scoring twice in the first period, as he now has 857 career goals, needing only 38 more to pass Wayne Gretzky.
A long-awaited fight happened as Dylan McIlrath fought and bloodied Matt Rempe, who injured Trevor van Riemsdyk and Beck Malenstyn during last season’s playoffs. McIlrath and Rempe also fought in the AHL back in November 2022.
New dad Connor McMichael deflected the puck in off a Taylor Raddysh shot for Washington’s third goal, while Aliaksei Protas scored on the 4-on-4 in the middle frame. Protas also had two assists.
The Rangers stayed in the game with tallies from Will Cuylle, Chris Kreider (on the power play), and Filip Chytil.
The Caps also had four power play opportunities but missed on all of them, as they are now 0-for-21 on the man advantage over their last six games.
Nevertheless, Washington outshot New York 46-19 and were up by one until Nic Dowd shot the puck in the empty net in the final minute to seal it.
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Alex Ovechkin, who is going to go down as one of the greatest hockey players to ever play, is on a goal-scoring bender that no player at age 39 or older has ever had.
Saturday, Ovechkin scored his 19th goal in 23 games this season and his fourth in five games since returning from a broken freaking leg.
He’s now on pace for 54.6 goals this season despite missing 16 games in November and December.
The goal came on a broken play late in the third period. After Vincent Trocheck won a faceoff through K’Andre Miller’s skates, a hustling Ovi got to the loose puck first and chipped the puck on his backhand past Rangers’ goaltender Jonathan Quick. The goal, scored with 9:10 remaining, gave the Capitals a 5-3 lead and would stand up as the game-winner in Washington’s 7-4 victory.
Ovechkin now has 872 career goals and trails Wayne Gretzky by 22 for a share of the NHL’s all-time goals record. Averaging a league-leading 0.826 goals per game this season, Ovi is on pace to reach goal no. 894 on March 13 versus the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena and then break the record two days later on March 15 against the San Jose Sharks.
The game-winner was Ovechkin’s 133rd of his career — second most in NHL history. He now trails rec