Alex Ovechkin has been known to throw his weight around and tonight he showed that he can still do it as he maid a massive hit on Penguins defensemen Erik Karlsson. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/323355.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> <h2>Karlsson Gets Wrecked In Open Ice</h2> During tonight's game between the Penguins and the Capitals, Erik Karlsson was strolling up the neutral zone with the puck on his stick, looking to enter the Capitals zone. As he was skated in though, he was greeted by Caps forward Alex Ovechkin who laid him out with a massive, but clean, open ice hit. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BarDown/status/1712999749194809456'> </a></blockquote></div> Luckily, both players appeared to take the collision well as Karlsson and Ovi remained involved in the play following the hit. The Penguins are currently up 3-0 as the game heads to the third period.