Caps shock Penguins in overtime
Lunes, 8 de Febrero de 2010
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON – Neither snow nor ice nor a three-goal deficit could keep Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals from stunning their archrivals and winning a 14th straight game.
Ovechkin scored an arena-rocking hat trick and got the assist on the winning goal in overtime Sunday, and the Capitals kept up their pursuit of NHL history with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Mike Knuble poked in the rebound 2:49 into overtime after Ovechkin’s shot hit the post during a Capitals power play, earned when Brooks Orpik was sent off for high sticking.
Washington’s winning streak is tied for the third longest in league history and three shy of the record of 17, set by the Penguins from March 9-April 10, 1993.
Ovechkin’s three goals gave him a league-high 42, pulling away from Sidney Crosby after the Pittsburgh star had tied him at 39 by scoring a pair in the first period.
The Capitals trailed 4-1 late in the second period, but Eric Fehr poked in his own rebound to cut the lead to two before Ovechkin took over in the third.
The two-time reigning league MVP tried to redirect a shot, had the puck deflect back to his feet and wristed it past Marc-Andre Fleury with 13:09 left in the game. Ovechkin then tied the score with a backhander from the edge of the right circle after Nicklas Backstrom won a faceoff with 8:54 to play, making the sellout crowd delirious as red hats flooded the ice to celebrate the first hat trick of the season by any Capitals player.
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