Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal, moving closer to Wayne Gretzky's record. His new teammate Andrew Mangiapane, who assisted on the goal, celebrated enthusiastically, claiming, "I'm a part of history!" Ovechkin's achievement is energizing the Capitals, creating a motivational atmosphere within the team. Coach Spencer Carbery noted that while the team doesn’t constantly discuss Ovechkin's record pursuit, there's an undeniable excitement and hunger among the players. They’re conscious of his historic journey and it positively impacts their performance.
YEAHHHHHH! YES!!" Mangiapane yells, "I'm a part of history!" showing the excitement and motivation the Capitals are feeling around Ovechkin's pursuit of the record.
It doesn't play into anything we're planning objective-wise, but I think it does add one more notch of guys being hungry, excited, trying to find ways to recover.
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