{"id":549020,"date":"2026-03-27T19:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549020\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T19:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:32:08","slug":"nhl-drops-stat-about-weird-michael-jordan-alex-ovechkin-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549020\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Drops Stat About Weird Michael Jordan-Alex Ovechkin Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;ll blow your mind for a fraction of a second, until you really think about it.<\/p>\n<p>PublishedMarch 27, 2026 1:15 PM EDT\u2022UpdatedMarch 27, 2026 1:15 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">One of the things about being a sports fan in this day and age is that you&#8217;re whacked over the head with stats and facts virtually non-stop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Some are interesting, some are an absolute waste of everyone&#8217;s time, and then there are the ones that are in a gray area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">This factoid about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/alex-ovechkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander Ovechkin<\/a>-Michael Jordan connection is one of those gray areas\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">READ: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/sports\/czech-hockey-mascot-brawl-zlin-kolin-playoffs?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EUROPEAN HOCKEY MASCOT SPARKS WILD BRAWL AFTER SHOVING OPPOSING TEAM&#8217;S PLAYER<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">On Thursday night, the Capitals \u2014 who are still in playoff contention, but are going to need a lot of wins and a lot of help \u2014 were in Salt Lake City to take on the Utah Mammoth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It was a high-scoring game with the Capitals coming out on top 7-4, thanks in part to Ovechkin&#8217;s 34th career hat trick, which came with just 5.2 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Here&#8217;s where it gets wild (kind of): this took place at the Delta Center, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/category\/michael-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Michael Jordan<\/a> made the championship-winning shot in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What time was on the clock when that shot was counted? 5.2 seconds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">*Twilight Zone music plays*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">When I first saw that, my mind was blown\u2026 and then I thought about it some more, and my reaction changed from &#8220;Whoa!&#8221; to &#8220;So?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Look, I know as humans, we have to find patterns and meaning in everything. It&#8217;s why you didn&#8217;t step on sidewalk cracks as a kid, because you were scared that doing so was going to make your mom&#8217;s spine snap like a twig.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But sometimes things are just meaningless coincidences. I mean, if anyone not named Alex Ovechkin scored that goal, and it wasn&#8217;t to cap off a hat trick, would anyone have even thought to look this up?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It would be much more insane had the goal in question been a championship winner, which this one wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">READ: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/analysis\/watching-live-sports-shouldnt-hard-confusing-expensive\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WATCHING LIVE SPORTS SHOULDN&#8217;T THIS BE HARD, CONFUSING OR EXPENSIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">In fact, I purposely left out a detail that might make you say, &#8220;Oh, screw this&#8221;: Ovechkin&#8217;s goal was an empty-netter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So, what we&#8217;ve got here is Alex Ovechkin scoring an unnecessary empty-netter, which just so happened to be at the same time on the clock and in the same building as an iconic Michael Jordan moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Cool? I guess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">A bit of a stretch? Yeah, you&#8217;ll pull your groin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;ll blow your mind for a fraction of a second, until you really think about it. 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