Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin of Russia, left, celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers as teammate Nicklas Backstrom of Sweden looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, in Washington. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin of Russia, left, celebrates his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers as teammate Nicklas Backstrom of Sweden looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, in Washington.

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  2. Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, right, scores a goal against Washington Capitals goalie Jose Theodore, center, as Penguins' Bill Guerin (13) and Chris Kunitz (14) look on during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, in Washington. The Capitals won 5-4 in overtime.
  3. Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth (30), of The Czech Republic, stops the puck against Atlanta Thrashers right wing Colby Armstrong (20) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington. The Capitals won 5-2.
  4. Washington Capitals left wing Jason Chimera, foreground, scores a goal past Atlanta Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec (31), of the Czech Republic, during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington. The Capitals won 5-2.
  5. Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Semin (28), of Russia, celebrates his goal with teammate Brooks Laich (21) and Tomas Fleischmann (14) as Atlanta Thrashers defenseman Tobias Enstrom (39), of Sweden, skates by during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington. The Capitals won 5-2.
  6. Washington Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth, of the Czech Republic, makes a play on the puck against the Atlanta Thrashers during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington.
  7. Washington Capitals defenseman John Erskine (4) punches Atlanta Thrashers right wing Chris Thorburn (27) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington.
  8. Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, (8) of Russia, celebrates his goal against the Atlanta Thrashers during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, in Washington.
  9. Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton (49) and Lukas Krajicek of the Czech Republic celebrate in front of New Jersey Devils left wing Patrik Elias (26) of the Czech Republic at the end of the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Philadelphia. The Flyers won, 3-2.
  10. Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell, left, celebrates with Jeff Carter after Carter's goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New Jersey Devils Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Philadelphia.
  11. Philadelphia Flyers left wing Daniel Carcillo, right, races Minnesota Wild center Eric Belanger up the ice in the third period during an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
  12. Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton (49) watches a shot by Minnesota Wild wing Cal Clutterbuck in the third period of their NHL hockey game, won by the Wild 2-1 in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
  13. Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Oskars Bartulis, left, can't get the puck past Minnesota Wild goalie Anton Khudobin in the third period of their NHL hockey game, won by the Wild 2-1 in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
  14. Philadelphia Flyers left wing Scott Hartnell dives for the puck against Minnesota Wild Mikko Koivu, of Finland, in the first period of their NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.
  15. Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michael Leighton makes a glove save against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Edmonton February 3, 2010.
  16. Philadelphia Flyers' goalie Michael Leighton (R), Lukas Krajicek (L) and Kimmo Timonen (foreground) check Edmonton Oilers' Shawn Horcoff (C) during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Edmonton February 3, 2010.

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