Ovechkin's 85-Minute Drought Ends
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Saturday, October 11 2008
Never fear, Capitals fans and Ovechkin fantasy owners - last year's MVP is off his very brief season-opening slump.
There was a lot of concern around the nation's capital last Sunday when the Washington star took a shot off the foot from Zdeno Chara in the Caps' final tune-up, and Ovechkin left practice early Wednesday with an undisclosed injury. Then, like most of his teammates struggled in the team's opener in Atlanta, with the turning point perhaps being Ovechkin missing a penalty shot early in the third period in their 7-4 loss.
In that game against the Thrashers, Ovechkin didn't flash his usual speed, and last year's leading scorer was held without a single point despite a wide-open pace to the contest.
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