Blackhawk Down, Ovechkin Suspended at LinesMaker

Blackhawk Down, Ovechkin Suspended

Sun­day saw a crazy day for the Chicago Black­hawks, they lost to the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals, Brian Camp­bell broke his col­lar bone and Alex Ovechkin was suspended.

It was Ovechkin who caused the Black­hawks’ defenseman’s injury. He pushed him from behind while he was already los­ing his bal­ance caus­ing him to crash into the end boards. Ovechkin received a five-minute board­ing penalty and game misconduct.

The Cap­i­tals had fallen behind 3 – 0 after Ovechkin was sent for an early shower but they ral­lied to a 4 –3 vic­tory. Nick­las Back­strom scored two goals, the last one unas­sisted with 1:50 left in over­time. This proved, that even with­out a key player, the Cap­tials still have a lot of other tal­ent. That’s why they have the NHL best record and highest-scoring offense. How­ever at Lines­Maker, the Black­hawks are 3/1 favorites to win the Stan­ley Cup 2009/2010 closely fol­lowed by the Cap­i­tals at 4/1.

Alex Ovechkin, the league’s lead­ing scorer and two-time MVP, has since been sus­pended for two games with­out pay. The NHL’s press release called his push into Camp­bell reckless.

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