The team captain's third-period goal also broke a new NHL record. The Capitals announced, "Ovechkin scores his fifth goal of the playoffs to cut the deficit to 3-2. With the goal, Ovechkin passed Mario Lemieux (76) for the 12th-most playoff goals in NHL history.

Alex Ovechkin missed a practice day, but his coach insists that he's ready for the Game 5 that they need to win. He played hard and accounted for just one goal in this series. Ovechkin is known to produce pressure games,

Ovechkin has zero points through the first three games of the Capitals' second-round series with the Hurricanes.