Let’s rewind the hockey tape to March when Alex Ovechkin and co were back at it again—doing what they do best. Just casually sliding right into those Stanley Cup playoffs like they owned the ice (because, um, they kinda do). And now—cue the dramatic music—we’ve got a spicy little face-off brewing as the Washington Capitals take one last regular-season dance with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Caps are sitting pretty with a glitzy 111 points and that shiny No. 1 Eastern Conference seed, while the Penguins… well, let’s just say they’ve hit the snooze button on playoffs for the third year in a row. But wait, there’s more! This showdown is also serving up Chapter 73 (yep, seventy-three!) of the eternal Ovi vs. Sid saga.
Ovechkin, the goal king himself, and Crosby, the smooth operator with three Cups to his name—these two legends never disappoint. Crosby’s sitting on a sweet 93 points in their matchups, while Ovi’s brought the thunder with 67 points. The Caps, trying to shake off a rough patch (4-6-1 lately), just snapped back with a fiery 3-1 dub over the Islanders—Strome dropped a hat trick like confetti, and Lindgren was a brick wall in goal. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh had a bit of momentum until Boston came through like “nope,” and handed them a 4-1 L. Oh—and let’s not forget: Alex Ovechkin just flexed on Brad Marchand for another hockey crown before the playoff lights even got warm.
On April 16th, NHL on TNT hopped on X and dropped a hilarious video that had hockey fans losing it. It opened with John Cooper, last year’s TNT award winner, saying, “Okay Ovi, I know you broke some little record I guess people were talking about…” (LOL—some record? Try Gretzky’s all-time goals record). Then he got real, saying, “What you’ve just won now pales in comparison to that… I brought a special guest and the only other two people that ever won this award… We only have like three combined Stanley Cups and we have a combined 423 goals.”
Boom—Brad Marchand shows up, full chaos energy as always, and says, “Yeah, obviously congratulations on surpassing Gretzky’s record. This is a trophy he will never be able to take from you. So huge congratulations on being one of the three, one of the big three.” And then, cool as ever, Alex Ovechkin goes, “Hey, it’s great to win the TNT award. Thank you guys. Happy. So thank you.” The caption? “From the former Mr. TNT winners to this year’s… Alex Ovechkin is the WINNER of the 2024-2025 Mr. TNT Award.” Yep—Ovi didn’t just beat records, he beat Brad Marchand for the crown. Again.
From the former Mr. TNT winners to this years…
Alex Ovechkin is the WINNER of the 2024-2025 Mr. TNT Award pic.twitter.com/W8KOqUJZdy
— NHLonTNT (@NHL_On_TNT) April 16, 2025
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