Wednesday night brought a huge matchup between the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Both teams entered the match on win streaks and tied for second place in the Metropolitan division.
The Caps remained hot and defeated the Penguins by a score of 5-2 for their seventh straight win.
Alexander Ovechkin wasted no time brining the Verizon Center crowd to its feet. He took a pass from Nicklas Backstrom and made a beautiful move between two Pittsburgh defenders and planted his 545th goal and 1,000th career point past Marc-Andre Fleury.
Ovechkin struck in the second period on the power play to ignite the crowd once again.