Capitals Captain leads the number one team in the NHL
Washington 7 – Oilers 3 The Washington Capitals have evolved from the worst team in NHL history to become a Stanley Cup champion and now with a baker’s dozen worth of goals to go, will have the greatest goal scorer of all time.
It was nice to see a father celebrate with his youngest son, fist bumping through the glass and as it turned out they were able to do it three times last night as LW Ovechkin recorded a hat trick skating even closer to the NHL goal scoring record.
The game itself was exciting for the home fans who had to endure the Oilers scoring first on the power play less than two minutes into the first period and heading into the last two minutes of the period with a 1-0 lead.
But within those last few minutes Washington scored twice and with 24 seconds remaining in the first period took the 2-1 lead into the second period.
Edmonton went from bad to worse as the Capitals torch the Oilers for three more goals and the final one coming with 15 seconds remaining in the second period for the 5-1 score heading into the third period.
The Oilers scored to get within three goals but never any closer as the game ended 7-3 with LW Ovechkin scoring the empty netter that triggered a shower of hats and a rink long skate to fist bump his son for the third time.
Buffalo Winter 
Ovie’s on fire and I wouldn’t be surprised if he continues to have multi goal games until he breaks Gretzky’s record.
Cute image fist pumping his boy, thanks Buffalo Winter for putting a smile on my face. 🙂
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