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Thursday's Three Stars: Alex is The Great again

Found October 16, 2009 on Puck Daddy:
PLAYERS: Alexander Ovechkin,  Milan Michalek,  Dany Heatley,  Nicklas Lidstrom,  Ed Jovanovski,  Jarkko Ruutu,  Daniel Alfredsson,  Brent Sopel,  Martin St. Louis
TEAMS: Washington Capitals,  San Jose Sharks,  Ottawa Senators,  Detroit Red Wings,  Phoenix Coyotes,  Colorado Avalanche,  Chicago Blackhawks,  Montreal Canadiens,  Tampa Bay Lightning

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No. 1 star, Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals:Alexander Ovechkin gets all the headlines for his goal-scoring, but besides lighting the lamp twice on Thursday night he was a leader when the Capitals needed it most. Winless in their last four games after starting the second with consecutive wins, Ovechkin knew the last thing Washington needed was a team traveling cross country to step on the Caps' home ice and continue the team's recent slide. Ovechkin and Co. established they would dictate the tempo early. Ovechkin didn't score in the opening period, but he put San Jose on its heels with eight shots on net and another three wide. His two goals in the second period broke it open against the Sharks. Ovechkin now has a league-high seven goals for the year and he's the leading scorer with 434 points since the NHL returned from the lockout that canceled the entire 2004-05 season. No. 2 star, Milan Michalek(notes), Ottawa Senators:Don't look now, but one of the fo...
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