Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, left, celebrates his goal against the Ottawa Senators with right wing Tom Wilson. Ovechkin moved into eighth place on the NHL's goals list on Jan. 31, 2020.Alex Ovechkin scored his 694th and 695th career goals as the Washington Capitals topped the Ottawa Senators 5-3 on Friday night.
Ilya Samsonov made 25 stops for Washington while Marcus Hogberg stopped 27 shots in a losing effort for Ottawa . Samsonov has now won 11-straight decisions.Oshie opened the scoring for the Capitals by potting his 19th goal of the season just four minutes into the game. Kuznetsov banged home a loose puck seven minutes later to make it 2-0.
Ovechkin ripped a snapshot from the right circle over the blocker of Hogberg at 10:27 of the second frame to make it 3-1. Barely a minute after Ovechkin’s first goal of the game the Senators answered, as Chabot unloaded a slapshot from just inside the blue line to put Ottawa within one.After being out-shot 16-5 in the first period, the Senators responded with 17 shots of their own in the second, but its spirited effort couldn’t keep up with the Capitals’ firepower.
Ovi is a killer. My top 3 favorite players are Messier, Forsberg and Ovi but I am now confused about the order.
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