You had the feeling the Caps were going to mail it in for the third period of this game after putting out a decent first period and finding themselves down by two after a lackluster second.
Alex Ovechkin had other ideas and unleashed his own brand of fury on a period long relentless attack - two goals and a dozen shots later the Caps were going home with nice victory instead of a pair of losses to close out the road trip.
OV set the tone seconds into the period scoring on a dogged wraparound sequence stuffing his second or third poke at the puck.
His second goal of the period was pure OV and a goal scorer's goal - skating to some open ice near the blue line he took an outlet pass, barreled down the off wing and blistered a slap shot from the top of the right faceoff circle and one-timed his own rebound from a sharp angle.
Easily his best period of hockey since his injury/suspension time off.
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