Alexander Ovechkin is on fire when he takes on the Canadiens in Montreal on Saturday night.
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The Tsar is having a pretty normal season by his standards with only 14 goals in 49 games so far, but he has scored six goals in his last six games.
With 836 goals since the start of his career, Ovechkin needs 59 hits to break Wayne Gretzky's record.
It is Jake Allen who will face the shots from Ovi and his gang. The veteran goalkeeper will be looking to bounce back from last Sunday's 7-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, in which he looked very poor.
The Canadiens, who will also face former captain Max Pacioretty, are rebounding from a 7-4 loss to the New York Rangers. However, they have beaten the Capitals twice this season. It wasn't until February 6th that they won against them 5-2.
The team from the American capital still had hopes of making the playoffs midway through the season, but lost eight of its last nine games, leaving it in seventh and second-to-last place in the Metropolitan Section.
Captain Nick Suzuki and his young linemate Juraj Slafkovsky are shining for the Canadians these days.
As of Jan. 25, Suzuki ranks second in the NHL with 14 points in seven games.
Slafkovsky, for his part, has 21 points in his last 25 games.
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