CHAMPION AT LAST Alexander Alexander Ovechkin had waited his whole life for this moment He was minutes away from winning the Stanley Cup He and his Washington Capitals teammates were just waiting for the clock to hit zero Then with less than two minutes to go the clock went blank The winning moment would have to wait Ovechkin leads an attack during Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final 5 CHAPTER 1
Ovechkin and the Capitals were playing the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final The Knights were trying to win a championship in their first year of existence But Ovechkin was on a mission This was his best shot at a title in his amazing career Ovechkin had played great all through the playoffs He had scored 15 goals including one earlier in Game 5 of the Final It was a classic Ovechkin goal He used his size to get in position near the net Then teammate Nicklas Backstrom made a perfect pass to find him Quicker than the goalie could react Ovechkin fired a shot into the back of the net 6
Ovechkin scores a goal in Game 5 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final The goal put Washington ahead 2 1 After that the lead changed hands a couple more times But the Capitals were leading 4 3 near the end of the third period Now they were just trying to hang on The clock going out only added to the agony From the bench Ovechkin couldn’t bear to watch 7
