If Alex Ovechkin was playing, this line would likely be the other way and so would my selection. Instead, the star winger and surefire first ballot Hall of Famer is out week-to-week with a leg injury, taking the biggest gun in the Capitals' arsenal out of the mix. That means we have to back Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar and company. The Avalanche have a ton of firepower and it's too much to ask the Capitals to keep up without their sniper.