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Ovechkin hits 60-goal mark

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ATLANTA — The Washington Capitals were less than nine minutes from their playoff hopes being all but dashed.

Alex Ovechkin, as he has on so many occasions this season, rescued them.

Ovechkin had two goals, including his 60th of the season, and set up two more to propel the Caps to a 5-3 come-from-behind victory against the Atlanta Thrashers at Philips Arena.

"I thought in the third period he said 'Listen, just get on my back and we're going to go,' " Caps coach Bruce Boudreau said. "I thought he was phenomenal."

The Caps, who had not won a game all season when trailing after 40 minutes (0-25-2), faced a 3-1 deficit entering the final period, but the top line of Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Viktor Kozlov dominated. Washington outshot Atlanta 23-2 in the period, and that trio had 10 of them.

Video:Ovechkin's 60 goals, from WashingtonCaps.com

The milestone goal came at 11:30 of the period. After a wild flurry in the offensive end, Ovechkin pounced on a rebound in a scrum in front of the net to make it 3-2.

Ovechkin now shares the franchise record with Dennis Maruk, who had 60 in 1981-82. The 22-year-old Russian is the 19th player in league history to hit the plateau and the first since Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr did so in 1995-96.

"It is always fun to score goals, but especially when it is important goals," Ovechkin said. "It was a very important goal for my team. The guys know if I don't score and somebody else score I will be happy too, but 60 is 60."

Backstrom tied the game 3-3 with 4:00 left on a pass from defenseman Mike Green. Ovechkin hit Backstrom with a pass from behind the net 32 seconds later for a one-timer to complete the comeback.

The Caps mobbed each other in the corner and bounced up and down almost in unison like a baseball team after a walk-off win, while Atlanta goaltender Kari Lehtonen kicked a lost piece of equipment in frustration. Boyd Gordon added an empty-netter — which Ovechkin assisted on — in the final seconds to end any doubt.

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