Dylan Strome said Alex Ovechkin talked to the team before the game about the “classy gesture” of doing a postgame handshake line with Marc-Andre Fleury. Called Fleury one of the best people in the game. “You have to respect greatness.” #mnwild

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, amid his hunt to break Wayne Gretzky's all-time scoring record, was predicted to have a big game. Ovechkin's 0.83 goals-per-game and 1.58 points-per-game against the Wild make the left wing's highest rates against a single franchise in his career.

Ovechkin feels that way that despite Fleury’s Penguins defeating his Capitals in three Stanley Cup Playoff series (2009, 2016, 2017) and going on to win the Stanley Cup each time. Ovechkin and the Capitals finally broke through and defeated Fleury and the Golden Knights in the 2018 Stanley Cup Final to win their first championship.