Crosby wins in the famous game against Ovechkin | NHL.com/en

– I think so [den tredje perioden] it was one of our most fulfilling moments; we dug into the game and played a good team game, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan analyzed. I love the boys; they beat a team that is playing very well at the moment. They play hard previews and have won a lot of games.

– All credit to our group of top players; they guided us when we came back the third time. But every player contributed to the victory. This was a great blueprint for how to play a good team game, and what we can do. We can be a lot tougher against him, Sullivan said.

Friday’s game marked the 70th time Sidney Crosby and <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/nhl-new-york-islanders-push-washington-capitals/" title="NHL: New York Islanders push Washington Capitals”>Alex Ovechkin have played against each other in their NHL careers. In those 70 games, Crosby, 37, from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, has recorded 91 points (31 + 60) against Washington. Alexander Ovechkin, age 39, from Moscow has reached 67 points (37+30) against Pittsburgh. “Ovi”, like Crosby, has played in the National Hockey League since the 2005-06 season.

While Crosby added to his stats, now 16 points (6 + 10) with an assist point, Ovechkin left the game scoreless and scoreless. “Ovi”, who is chasing Gretzky’s goal record of 894 NHL goals, has also scored 16 points (8 + 8) this season, for a total of 861 goals.

The game was an indoor meeting in the tough Metropolitan Division where the Capitals (9-4-0) hold third place with 18 points while the Penguins (6-8-2) ‘ slip a little and they are in sixth place with 14 points but also with three more games played than the Capitals.

With a playing time of 20:10, of the attackers only Crosby was better with his seven additional seconds, Rickard Rakell worked hard for Pittsburgh. The 31-year-old player from Sundbyberg fired three shots and was only centimeters away from scoring the seventh goal of the season; Charlie Lindgren made an amazing save and Rakell still has eleven points (6 + 5) in 16 games.

– We had a good first time, but we gave up a bit in the second; we looked for different things and it was good that it paid off (in the third period),” Rakel told NHL.com/sv after the game.

Rakell played in the Penguins’ first line with Evgeni Malkin on the left side and Sidney Crosby in the middle.