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“Ovi will wind up with more goals,” he said.

“Ovi, for most of his career, has played against better goaltenders, no question,” said Fox, who played his final NHL season alongside Gretzky.

“He is the gold standard for goal scoring in NHL history, in my mind. Obviously Wayne Gretzky, he’s the ‘Great One,’ he’s the best, but what Ovi’s done in the time period that he’s played is absolutely remarkable.

“I thought we were ready from that first shift,″ Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said. ”Kuznetsov’s line, Ovi, Willie sort of set the tone right away and then Aube-Kubel and Malenstyn had a lot of energy.

“He’s Ovi through and through.”