It might be a stretch to say that the rivalry between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin saved the NHL. Separated by a year in the NHL draft and by far more than that in temperament — Ovechkin all fire and fury, Crosby all calculated cool — they have spent the last two decades defining their franchises and redefining their sport in the process. Ovechkin, the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer and Crosby, the only player ever to average a point a game for 21 straight years (and counting), will meet twice more this weekend when the Capitals and Penguins wrap up the final weekend of the regular season with a home-and-home series.
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