(Caps Outsider)
Of all the things that happened in Saturday’s 4-3 Caps win against the New Jersey Devils, like a 1,000 point ceremony, and apples on the ice, we choose to write about a somewhat fluky stat known as the Game Winning Goal.
With the goalie pulled late in the game, the Devils scored to pull within one, thus shifting the game-winning goal tally from Nicklas Backstrom – the player of the night – to Alex Ovechkin – the best goal scorer of all time. It just so happened that it was Ovi’s 121st career game-winning goal, which ties him with Gordie Howe for second most all time.