The amazing season of Alexander Ovechkin continues.  He is on target to have his best season of his career; amazing, considering he missed 8 games.

Ovechkin now has 42 goals.  He has as many points in goals scored as the entire Edmonton Oilers have in standing points.

He leads the NHL with 42 goals.

He leads the NHL with 86 points.

He leads the NHL in Plus/Minus with a +41.

He leads the NHL in Shots on Goal with 266.

He leads the NHL in road goals scored.

He leads the NHL in goals per game, with .82.

His is 3rd in the NHL in home goals scored.

He is tied for 4th in power play goals.

He is tied for 4th in power play assists.

Ovechkin is 18 goals shy of 60 goals for the season.  There are 23 games left in the season.  He is 23 goals shy of his career high (2007/08 - 65) and he is 10 assists shy of his career high (2008/09 & 2005/06 - 54).  His 86 total points puts him 26 points shy of his career high in total points (2007/08).  He is a +41 and is currently +13 higher than his career high (2007/08 - +28).

Currently, Ovechkin has a 7 game scoring streak.  Over that streak, Ovechkin has scored 8 goals and 7 assists.

Ovechkin was suspended on DEC 1 on a knee to knee hit on Tim Gleasen.  Since that suspension, Ovechkin has played in 30 games, starting on December 7th.  In that 30 game stretch, Ovie has tallied 24 goals and added 32 assists with a +28 plus/minus rating.  He has averaged 1.87 points per game.

Ovechkin was on a complete tear in the month of January racking up 9 goals and 17 assists with a +16 rating in 15 games.  The question is, can he eclipse those monthly totals?  Well, he is off to a sensational start in February.  In 4 games, he has scored in each of the 4 games and has multiple points in 3 of the 4 games.  For February, Ovechkin has tallied 7 goals and 3 assists and is a +6.

The whispers and chants can seemingly get louder.   M    V     P.

It is one of those years, but yet, with Ovechkin, aren't they all?  What better scenario could the Caps faithful have realized yesterday?  Sidney Crosby strikes twice in the first period.  In most cases, that is completely deflating (at least Mike Milbury thought so).  Not at the Verizon Center.  Caps faithful have seen all too often how Great 8 can single handidly turn around a game that appeared to be slipping from the Sea of Red.

With two periods of hockey to play, Alexander Ovechkin took control.  Not only did the Caps faithful get to see Ovechkin pull the Caps back in from a 4-1 deficit, but they got to see the first Hat Trick of the season for the Caps, on home ice, with Sidney Corsby watching, on national TV, against the hated Pittsburgh Penguins.  How does that get any better?

Great 8 simply has Great HART!

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