Ovechkin scored his 22nd and 23rd goals early in the third period, and Tomas Fleischmann added the go-ahead goal in the Capitals' 4-2 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers last night.
"I challenged him and started him right off the bat in the third and he came through," Boudreau said. "The reason he is the best player in the planet is that instead of going, 'Woe is me, why is the coach yelling at me?' he took up the challenge and said, 'I'll show...
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