Eight\u002Dyear\u002Dold Auston Matthews saw perhaps Alex Ovechkin’s greatest goal live.
If Ovechkin didn’t tie or pass Gordie Howe on Saturday against Matthews and the Maple Leafs, very soon only Wayne Gretzky’s 894 will stand in his way. Gretzky was coaching the Phoenix Coyotes with Matthews in the audience on Jan. 16, 2006, when Ovie was knocked over on the rush, then reached behind for a backhander as he skidded, tucking the puck inside goalie Brian Boucher’s near post.
“It’s pretty cool when everything comes first circle. I watched a lot of guys like Ovechin, Patrick Kane, Evgeni Malkin and now I’m playing against them.”Ovechkin knows there’s a connection to ‘Mr. Hockey’ right in the Capitals dressing room. Mantha says the 86-year-old Pronovost, who played 557 NHL games for Detroit, Montreal and Boston, watches all the Capitals games and is following Ovechkin’s climb.Thursday’s game between the Leafs and Rangers at MSG was also a meeting of the NHL’s two most valuable franchises as ranked in a recent issue ofThe esteemed American financial journal put New York “Top of the heap, a No. 1’, as Frank Sinatra would sing, for an eighth consecutive year, at $2.
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