It’s been over three decades since the Montreal Canadiens won their last Stanley Cup. And this time, too, their quest to lift the ultimate hockey prize won’t be easy. “I feel it’s the best team in the league,” Martin St. Louis, the Canadiens’ head coach, said about the team’s first-round opponents, the Washington Capitals, just a couple of days ago. Considering that the Caps have Alex Ovechkin among their ranks, Louis’s assessment isn’t inaccurate. However, the Habs fans believe their side only needs more time to take the fight to Alex.
The Russian sensation has already gotten things going with his first goal of the 2025 postseason. Just minutes ago, Ovechkin scored his 73rd career playoff goal to give the Caps the lead in Game 1 against the Canadiens. With that, the Washington captain became the 14th-highest goalscorer in playoff history. On the other hand, Montreal’s entire squad falls short against Alex in the same category. But the Habs clan believes that it doesn’t represent the entire picture.
B/R Open Ice hailed Alex Ovechkin’s latest feat with a post on X on April 21. “Ovi has more playoff goals in his career than the entire Canadiens roster combined (including the one he just scored),” the post notes, as it highlights that the entire Montreal locker room has a total of 61 playoff goals to its name, 12 fewer than the Caps’ forward.
However, the post misses out on one key factor: the Canadiens are the youngest team ever to make it to the playoffs. With an average age of 25.95 years, St. Louis’s boys have overtaken the 2012/13 Maple Leafs roster to reach the postseason. Naturally, bearing in mind that Alex Ovechkin is now 39, Montreal fans believe that B/R Open Ice’s boast isn’t based on all the information. “Are you stupid,” one Habs fan asked with morbid curiosity.
Ovi has more playoff goals in his career than the entire Canadiens roster combined (including the one he just scored) pic.twitter.com/ERM0VRzIgj
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 21, 2025
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