There's a reason they call him #Obestkin. Alex Ovechkin recorded a Gretzky-esque tap in, and mere minutes later, a dragging roof-ripper to take the goal-scoring lead (33) away from Chicago's Patrick Kane, all while not being human scum.
— CAPITALS HILL (@CapitalsHill) February 12, 2016
The Capitals power play is no longer impotent as a mortified tortoise, either. The best hockey player in the world saw to that. Before Ovi's second goal, and not counting the empty-netter at the end of the game against Nashville, the Capitals had been 0-23 on the power play.