Tonight, Ovechkin returned from the one-game suspension as a result of missing the All-Star Game and scored the game-winner in the Capitals' 3-2 victory over the Islanders at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Currently in his career in the NHL, Ovechkin has 86 game-winners, six of them coming in 47 games this season. That is why you can always count on the captain to deliver what the Capitals need it the most.
T.J. Oshie and Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Capitals and they won for the first time in three games. They lost to the Florida Panthers on the game back from the All-Star break, but that was the game Ovechkin served, and his presence there is why the Capitals win.
Currently, the Capitals sit are 36-9-4, sitting comfortably atop the Metropolitan Division with 76 points. I think this team is poised to be the number one seed in the playoffs in the Eastern Conference and Ovechkin just showed us why. He can skate, score, and score what it matters most and that came its way tonight.
The Capitals don't need to worry much about their standings at this point. The New York Rangers are the second team in that division with 61 points, but that division, other than Washington, hasn't been playing that well, even before the All-Star break. However, in the much larger picture of the Eastern Conference, the Capitals will have to look out for Florida, who have 67 points in the Atlantic Conference, so if they want to stay on top of the division, they definitely need to keep winning and for Florida to lose some games, but who knows what'll happen in those scheme of things.
Right now, the Capitals look pretty and Alex Ovechkin just proved why he is the best player in the NHL other than Crosby. He knows how to win the game and to deliver to his team when they need it the most. Another brilliant game from Ovechkin.
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