Stat(s) Of The Day

by J.P. on Feb 1, 2009 9:48 AM EST

"Nineteen of Alex Ovechkin's league-leading 33 goals have come in the third period or overtime. You could count only the goals he has scored after the second intermission and Ovechkin would still be tied for 27th in goals in the league, just three goals out of the top 10. Ovechkin's 17 third-period goals are six more (or 55% more) than any other player in the league. Ovechkin has scored 28.8% of Washington's third-period goals." - Caps Today

I'd also add that Ovechkin has more goals in the last five minutes of games (15) than all but 61 players in the NHL have overall.

Three letters come to mind...

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3rd Period Goals

How many of those third period goals are empty net?

by ToddM on Feb 1, 2009 11:15 AM EST reply actions

Three.

I have as many wins in a Capitals uniform as Michael Belhumeur does.

by marky narc on Feb 1, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

As cool as this stat is, it mostly leaves me wondering why Alex is such a slow starter…

Swing by The Flyer Frequent if you have nothing better to do.

by Ben Rothenberg on Feb 1, 2009 12:38 PM EST reply actions

I wrote a piece up about this in mid-Jan, and consider this, a majority of those third period goals are coming in the last five minutes of play…

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by CapitalsKremlin on Feb 1, 2009 1:22 PM EST reply actions

Three letters come to mind…

wow?

"Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one."

by Bald Pollack on Feb 2, 2009 11:16 AM EST reply actions

Heh.

I was thinking M-V-P, but wow works (as does god).

Japers' Rink: Hockey blogging from the most powerful city in the world

by J.P. on Feb 2, 2009 4:14 PM EST up reply actions

C-S-N?

Football's boring. Get over it.

by Whiter Mage on Feb 3, 2009 12:36 AM EST up reply actions

W-T-F?

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	GP	W	L	OTL	PT
Florida Litter Box Cats	50	24	15	11	59
Washington Japers' Rink	51	27	20	4	58
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