Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Asọmpi ahụ jụrụ oyi nke ukwuu maka afọ ise sochirinụ mgbe asọmpi egwuregwu 2001 gasịrị, dịka Washington na Pittsburgh jikọtara maka naanị otu egwuregwu egwuregwu n'oge a (Washington meriri Tampa Bay Lightning na 2003 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals). Ihe ọjọọ ndị otu abụọ ahụ mere n'oge egwuregwu ga-eme ka ha nwee ike ịchọta ndị ọkaibe. Alexander Semin (nke iri na atọ n'ozuzu, 2002), Alexander Ovechkin (nke mbụ n'ozuzu, 2004), na Nicklas Backstrom (nke anọ n'ozuzu, 2006), bụ ndị ndị Capitals wepụtara, ebe Ryan Whitney (nke ise n'ozuzu, 2002), Marc-Andre Fleury (nke mbụ n'ozuzu, 2003), Evgeni Malkin (nke abụọ n'ozuzu, 2004
), Sidney Crosby (nke mbụ n'ozuzu, 2005), na Jordan Staal (nke abụọ n'ozuzu, 2006) bụ ndị Penguins dere. Ndị egwuregwu ndị a rụrụ ọrụ ha nke ọma n'ịgbanwe ngwa ngwa ọdịmma nke ndị otu ha. Crosby na Ovechkin, onye ọkpụkpọ kachasị elu na otu ọ bụla, zutere na November 22, 2005, na Crosby na-enweta ihe mgbaru ọsọ na enyemaka na Ovechkin na-enweta enyemaka. Penguins meriri 5 na 4. Ihe omume abụọ ahụ mezuru atụmanya ha, ebe ha gbakọtara 106 (Ovechkin) na 103 isi (Crosby) iji mechaa nke atọ na nke isii na NHL na-agba ọsọ ọsọ, n'otu n'otu. Agbanyeghị, ndị otu abụọ ahụ agbaghara egwuregwu egwuregwu n'afọ ahụ. Ihe mgbaru ọsọ 52 nke Ovechkin mere ka ọ bụrụ onye nke atọ n'oge niile maka ihe mgbaru ọsọ nke onye rookie na otu oge oge, n'azụ Teemu Selanne (76) na Mike Bossy (53)