Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals are on a scorching streak.
The 39-year-old Russian scored his sixth purpose of the season Saturday as a part of the staff’s first-period offensive explosion in opposition to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Washington put 5 pucks into the online over the primary quarter-hour of the sport.
Ovechkin additionally notched an help, his sixth of the 12 months, throughout Washington’s first-period bombardment. He extended his goal and point streaks to a few video games (4 targets, three assists, seven factors).
His purpose was No. 859 of his profession, leaving him 36 shy of passing Hockey Corridor of Famer Wayne Gretzky for many all-time (894).
Washington received seven of its final eight video games coming into Saturday’s contest, sitting third within the Metropolitan Division.
The staff has had 13 totally different skaters discover the again of the online this 12 months, with 5 totally different forwards scoring throughout Saturday’s first interval alone.
It was the primary time since March 3, 2008, that Washington scored 5 targets in a single interval, per league stats.
