On Saturday afternoon, Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey was half-full. But whenever Alex Ovechkin touched the puck, the crowd, clad in both Devils and Capitals red, gasped thinking history was about to unfold in front of them.
It almost brought a level of intensity to a contest between two teams at opposite ends of the standings... but only when one player had the puck. The game, at times, seemed a bit like an afterthought.
In the end, it kind of was, because Alex Ovechkin scored his 700th career goal.