Alex Ovechkin and his mad dash for a scoring record is as much about Washington sports history as hockey immortality. Hair by Nadine Matar, @nadinematarhair Late in a hockey season, a player's body begins to feel the effects of an 82-game grind.

Both Penguins, still wearing their game jerseys in the tunnel after the game, met a fully-suited-up Ovechkin in a postgame moment to present him with the watch. “From us to congratulate you for the record,” Malkin said in Russian as the two Penguins forwards handed the box to Ovechkin.

In scoring the first playoff OT goal of his career in a 3-2 win over the Canadiens, Alex Ovechkin saved the Capitals from another ugly start to a playoff run.