Tonight's 3-goal to 0 victory over the exhausted Colorado Avalanche gave Philipp Grubauer his first ever NHL shutout! 18 saves tonight for Grubi. TJ Oshie scored twice, and Ovi once to give the Caps a 2-0-1 record, and a +3 goal differential, vaulting them ahead of the Penguins after their third game of the season.
Yeah, it's a little early for standings-watching, innit?
Heh.
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Our hero, Alex Ovechkin, scored his first goal of the season, a power play goal from his office near the left faceoff dot. That goal is Ovi's 526th career goal. He needs 8 more to pass #32, Francis Mahlovich. Known as "Frank," or "The Big M," Mahlovich was born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. His NHL career began in the 1956-57 season for the Toronto Maple Leafs, for whom he would play 3 games in that season. He joined the Leafs full time the following year, and would play for them until the 1967-68 season before moving to the Detroit Red Wings. His career in Detroit ended in the 1970-71 season, which he finished for the Montreal Canadiens, and he would play for Montreal until the 1973-74 season before leaving the NHL for the World Hockey Association (WHA), a competing league that played until 1979 when they merged with the NHL. He tried a comeback season with Detroit that season, but it failed, and he retired.
After his NHL career, Mahlovich served in the Senate of Canada (the upper house of the Canadian parliament). Mahlovich won six Stanley Cups in his career (1962, 1963, 1964, 1967 (Toronto), 1971, and 1973 (Montreal)), and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Highlights: https://www.nhl.com/video/t-282792524
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