Washington Capitals: Counting down Alex Ovechkin’s top 8 goals

6. Two Goals in 12 seconds

Yes, this is two goals. But hey, my list, my rules. These two goals happened just 12 seconds apart from each other, so close enough. Back in October of 2010, the Washington Capitals were trailing the Calgary Flames 2-1 in the second period.

The Flames did the dumbest thing possible by giving the Caps a five-on-three power play. It went precisely how you think it went. Ovechkin scored twice in 12 seconds to give the Capitals a 3-2 lead.

Ovi has scored so many goals from the office, so I had to pick out something that showed just how asininely amazing he is from there. The area behind the net in hockey is often called “Wayne Gretzky’s office” because he loved to hang out back there and do damage.

Ovechkin hasn’t retired yet, but it’s not too early to start calling the left offensive zone face-off circle “Ovi’s office”. Nothing is more telling of a player’s dominance than by being extremely predictable, yet unstoppable.

Mariano Rivera’s cutter is a great example. Every hitter knew for a fact Mo was throwing a cutter. And he still dominated. Everyone in the arena knows where Ovechkin loves to shoot from. Guess what? It doesn’t matter. He still scores.