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Alex Ovechkin scores goal of the year candidate for Capitals

Alex Ovechkin provided a goal of the year candidate on Saturday night for the Washington Capitals in a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils.

Washington forward makes it look easy

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin provided a highlight reel goal in a 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

This goal by Alex Ovechkin is worth a look.

In the third period of an eventual 4-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday, the Washington Capitals forward picked up the puck inside his own blueline, eluded defenceman Jon Merrill with a nifty between-his-own-legs deke, and then sent a backhand over the shoulder of the seemingly helpless netminder. 

Ovechkin's 15th marker of the season might have also been his most impressive.