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December 23, 2008 - Heading into the final game before the 2008 Christmas break the Capitals found themselves severely shorthanded against the New York Rangers. In addition to missing Alex Semin, the Caps were without most of their starting defenseman including Mike Green. While there may have been a few extra call-ups in the lineup, they still had Alex Ovechkin. After a somewhat slow start to the season, the Great 8 was on a scoring rampage with 35 points in his last 21 games. The game did not start to great for the Caps, going down 4-0 early. Ovechkin had been on the ice for three of the goals and the rest of the game might have been his effort to make up for that. He would get the Caps on the board in the second period and assist on the goal to cut the lead to one before tying the game on a great steal and breakaway goal in the third. Washington would go on to win in overtime to complete one of their most memorable games of the 2008-09 season. Without Ovechkin's monster stat line of 2 goals, 1 assist, 13 shots, and 4 hits the Capitals would likely have lost this game, but fortunately for them they had the MVP in their lineup to make up for the missing regulars.
- 1st Period -
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Intercepts pass and chance
0:55 - Shot hits the post and hit on Wade Redden
- 2nd Period -
1:23 - Rush up ice and chance
1:46 - More chances
2:05 - Nice deke and chance
2:13 - Hit on Redden
2:37 - Goal #1
3:25 - Great shift
4:38 - Hit on Marc Staal
4:43 - Big counter hit on Brandon Dubinsky
- 3rd Period -
4:55 - Bonus: Fleischmann 4-2 goal
5:37 - Great backcheck by Ovechkin helps prevent Rangers chance
6:00 - Ovechkin storms his way to the goal against three defenders
7:08 - Assist #1 on Viktor Kozlov goal
8:00 - Big hit on Chris Drury
8:22 - Goal #2, great steal and breakaway move to tie the game
- Overtime -
10:22 - Shaone Morrisson wins it for the Caps to complete the comeback, Ovechkin tackles him in celebration
More classic Ovechkin games - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq
December 23, 2008 - Heading into the final game before the 2008 Christmas break the Capitals found themselves severely shorthanded against the New York Rangers. In addition to missing Alex Semin, the Caps were without most of their starting defenseman including Mike Green. While there may have been a few extra call-ups in the lineup, they still had Alex Ovechkin. After a somewhat slow start to the season, the Great 8 was on a scoring rampage with 35 points in his last 21 games. The game did not start to great for the Caps, going down 4-0 early. Ovechkin had been on the ice for three of the goals and the rest of the game might have been his effort to make up for that. He would get the Caps on the board in the second period and assist on the goal to cut the lead to one before tying the game on a great steal and breakaway goal in the third. Washington would go on to win in overtime to complete one of their most memorable games of the 2008-09 season. Without Ovechkin's monster stat line of 2 goals, 1 assist, 13 shots, and 4 hits the Capitals would likely have lost this game, but fortunately for them they had the MVP in their lineup to make up for the missing regulars.
- 1st Period -
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Intercepts pass and chance
0:55 - Shot hits the post and hit on Wade Redden
- 2nd Period -
1:23 - Rush up ice and chance
1:46 - More chances
2:05 - Nice deke and chance
2:13 - Hit on Redden
2:37 - Goal #1
3:25 - Great shift
4:38 - Hit on Marc Staal
4:43 - Big counter hit on Brandon Dubinsky
- 3rd Period -
4:55 - Bonus: Fleischmann 4-2 goal
5:37 - Great backcheck by Ovechkin helps prevent Rangers chance
6:00 - Ovechkin storms his way to the goal against three defenders
7:08 - Assist #1 on Viktor Kozlov goal
8:00 - Big hit on Chris Drury
8:22 - Goal #2, great steal and breakaway move to tie the game
- Overtime -
10:22 - Shaone Morrisson wins it for the Caps to complete the comeback, Ovechkin tackles him in celebration
More classic Ovechkin games - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8bFa0t7qpQfBYEXybnEr9NbAqFcPyyq
