Alexander Ovechkin has raised the NHL’s record for goals by a left wing from sixty-three to sixty-five. Incidentally, Ovechkin’s sixty-fifth goal of this season was a crucial game-winner–and his second key goal of the night–in the game that put the Capitals in playoff position for the first time in months. Although the Caps opened the season tied with Ottawa for first place in the league, the team quickly fell off due to an ineffective combination…