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| 7th April, 2008 - 12:07 am |  AP - Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals made the final day of the NHL?s regular season a little anticlimactic Sunday.
Once the Capitals completed their stirring comeback from oblivion to the Southeast Division title on Saturday night, all that was left on the last day was some housekeeping and seed switching.
The 16 playoff teams were all decided when the Capitals beat the Panthers at home. That got Washington into the postseason party for the first time since 2003 and eliminated the Hurricanes, the team that led the Southeast most of the season.
Ovechkin, on the strength of his league-high 65 goals?the most since Mario Lemieux scored 69 in 1996?won the NHL scoring title with 112 points, as reported by the Associated Press. [READ] |
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