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Alex Ovechkin forces turnover, scores pretty goal on Penguins

Your move, Sidney Crosby.

by Patrick Iversen
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If every game between the Penguins and Capitals is ultimately a battle between Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, then Ovi certainly took the upper hand early in the first period on Tuesday. What a goal, his league-leading 37th.

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