“Alex Ovechkin’s Bold Choice: The Shocking Reason He Refused to Chase Gretzky’s Record with an Empty Net”
You don’t want that to be an empty-netter.
One player who did stay in was Capitals rookie Ryan Leonard, who notched his first career goal in his third career game.
Chicago put goalie Spencer Knight back in the game after that, so Ovechkin came back in and nearly got the hat trick anyway. He got four shot attempts off in the final two minutes and was agonizingly close to the record-breaking goal, but Knight had other plans.
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The Capital One Arena crowd booed Knight for his efforts.
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