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Capital achievement: Ovechkin scores 600th career goal

By Jack Pointer

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin has reached a benchmark that places him among the elite of NHL immortals.

With two goals Monday night against the Winnipeg Jets, the Caps’ winger hit the 600-career-goal mark, placing him among only 19 other hockey greats.

Ovechkin is just the fourth player to hit the mark in fewer than 1,000 career games. (Monday’s matchup with Winnipeg was Ovechkin’s 990th career game.)

The goal is also his NHL-best 42nd of the season.

Maryland sixth grader who helped create 1,000 masks gets Caps surprise

By John Domen
WTOP Staff
North Potomac, Maryland, sixth grader Alex Henderson helped create 1,000 masks for medical workers and first responders when shortages hit during the coronavirus pandemic. After WTOP ran a story about Henderson's efforts, it caught the attention of Washington Capitals radio play-by-play announcer John Walton — and Caps right winger Garnet Hathaway.
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