Who other than Alex Ovechkin to score the last game-winning goal of 2021 in the National Hockey League?
The captain of the Washington Capitals indeed fired a cannonball on reception with only 2:50 left to go in the third period to secure a 3-1 victory for his team against the Red Wings on Friday night in Detroit. .
The 36-year-old Russian has also scored in an empty net to bring his total of goals to 24 this season. He sits atop the Bettman Tour, tied with the Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl.
Ovechkin’s game-winning goal also the 275th of his power-play career, which allowed him to break the NHL record he shared with Dave Andreychuk.
Pius Suter, for the Red Wings, and Evgeny Kuznetsov, for the Capitals, were the other two scorers for the game.
Ilya Samsonov did well in net for the Capitals with 19 saves on 20 shots. Thomas Greiss for his part stopped 24 of the 26 pucks directed towards him.
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