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Alexander Ovechkin scored on Marc Andre Fleury for the first time on on January 25th of 2006. Between then and today, as he chases down Wayne Gretzky’s all time goal record, he has scored a total of 28 of his 880 goals against Fleury who finds himself at the top of the list of Ovechkin most frequent victims. This is of course in large part to how often they faced each other during that great Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals rivalry over the years but last night as the Capitals visited the Minnesota Wild, with Fleury retiring at the end of this season, it marked what will very likely be the final time Ovechkin faced off against Fleury. Now while Fleury didn’t get the start, what we saw at the end of the final buzzer was pure class. As the Capitals were already half way down the tunnel, Alexander Ovechkin chased them down and called them back out to line up to give the Flower a proper send off. All of the Capitals including staff came out to shake hands with Fleury in what was truly a class act. As for the game, the Wild played a solid game and picked up a massive two points. I cover it all and more in todays NHL hockey video!

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  2. I don’t even watch or know about hockey(being from Hawaii) BUT……
    MADD RESPECT FOR THIS OVI GUY💯🤙🏾
    Chicken Skin Moment💯🙏

  5. Detroit fan living in STL cheering for the Blues here…Seeing Ovi and Fleury getting the love and attention they deserve is great. I think Fleury should be getting celebrated and sent off by every team when it's their last match against him this season. Let the man go out with love.

  7. This…this is why I despise players like Marchand, Trouba (even though I'm a life-long Rangers fan), Wilson, even Ovi himself. Fleury proves you don't have to be a douche bag to be great. A player can respect others and still be respected.

  9. no disrespect to the capitals players who walked off immediately to the locker room, most likely adrenaline pumped + losing, you just want to get out of there. Good on ovi for reminding them to come back, too. There’s been debate on the “retirement tour” aspect thru sports, when should someone announce retirement, etc. this is one of the better ways to do it. Save it for after the game. Also it’s almost the end of the season. Nice to show some class why not🙏

  10. At the end of the game, it seemed the Caps paid more respect to Fleury than did the Wild … you see after the Caps line was through giving him respect, he was trying to shake hands with the Wild players and they didn't show him a lick of anything. Maybe they are getting tired of it? Caps = class … Wild = ass.

  17. Flower represents a ton of different levels. He is a true player. He does whatever he can for his team. Never blames or points a finger. Never a bad thing to say in the media or with reporters. He gives back to charities and is always willing to talk or sign something for a kid. He is a great guy to have in the room, he's funny and he makes you laugh. He is the definition of a good teammate. He put up some wicked numbers in a time when the NHL was really all about goal scored, not saved. Good luck Flower

  22. Just did a little napkin math. Ovi is sitting at very nearly .6 goals per game career average and if you multiply that into the 47 times he's played against Fleury… just over 28 expected goals. Sounds about right.

  23. Pens fan for almost 40 years. Hated Ovi for a while because of the rivalry but always respected his game. Over time, things like this made me respect him as a person too.

  26. Great 8 understands the magnitude of a career which is not dissimilar to his own. Automatic HHOF inductees.
    I recall many years ago when the KHL was trying to lure Ovechkin with a mind blowing value contact. He responded by saying the money was fine, but why would he want to leave the best league in the world. As the LIV Golf guys learn, money doesn’t buy popularity or integrity.

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