"That drought would end in early February of the 2008-09 season when the Kings visited Washington. Surrounded by Young Guns teammates - Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, and Mike Green - and trailing the Kings by two late in the third, Ovechkin (as he so often does) ended up with the puck on his stick all alone in front of Kings' netminder Jonathan Quick."
"And Ovechkin (as he so often does) fired said puck to find the back of the net: That goal was his 37th of the season and #200 on his career, in career game #296 - the fifth-fastest to 200 in NHL history, and an early indicator that he was already working on a different level. It would be the first of eight times he scored on Quick, the first of 13 (so far...) against the Kings."
By his fourth NHL season, Alex Ovechkin had not yet scored against the Los Angeles Kings, a drought that ended on February 5, 2009 when the Kings visited Washington. Surrounded by teammates Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green and trailing by two late in the third, Ovechkin found himself alone in front of Kings' netminder Jonathan Quick and fired the puck into the net. The goal was his 37th of the season and the 200th of his career, recorded in his 296th game — the fifth-fastest to 200 in NHL history. The goal became the first of eight against Quick and the first of thirteen against the Kings.
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