Binnington is one of an NHL-record 182 different goalies Ovechkin has scored against. Buffalo’s Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen remembers becoming the 167th at Washington on Jan. 3, 2023.
“He just ripped one bar down off the face-off,” said Luukkonen, who has allowed four goals to Ovechkin in seven career meetings. “They won it back, and he just ripped it. And I was like, you know that’s kind of what makes it special, and you realize how much better he is at that than pretty much anybody else.”
Ovechkin continues to demonstrate that in his 20th NHL season, all with the Capitals. He leads Washington and is tied for sixth in the NHL with 37 goals in 57 games this season despite missing 16 games with a fractured left fibula from…