These are admittedly complicated times to be a Caps fan, and an Alex Ovechkin fan.
But last night, for just a moment, things became simple.
Well, simpler. Maybe.
For just a moment, there was only a perfectly executed faceoff win. For just a moment, there was the puck landing on the stick of the most lethal goal-scorer ever to play the game of hockey. And in just a split second, as we’ve seen so many times before, that puck found its way to the back of the net.
History made. Goal #767.