For the first time since the Stanley Cup Final, Alex Ovechkin played a hockey game at Capital One Arena. The stakes were low by comparison, but “The Great Eight” still did his thing.
Ovechkin scored two goals in Friday’s preseason game against the Carolina Hurricanes, but the Hurricanes stayed a step ahead of Washington for most of the game and won in overtime, 5-4.
Sebastian Aho scored Carolina’s game-winner 19 seconds into overtime on a 2-on-1 breakaway, his second goal and third point of the game. The Capitals never had possession during overtime.