Alex Ovechkin scored his 885th career goal with 9:32 remaining in the third period and Tom Wilson netted the game-winner with 53 seconds left in overtime as the visiting Washington Capitals rallied for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
Ovechkin is nine shy of tying Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history. His power-play tally helped the Capitals earn their third win over the Rangers to complete the season sweep.
Pierre-Luc Dubois also tallied for Washington, and Wilson had two points. Charlie Lindgren made 15 saves for the win.
Artemi Panarin and Sam Carrick scored for the Rangers, who failed in a bid to log their first three-game winning streak since Nov. 14-19. Igor Shesterkin stopped 23 shots and made a sprawling glove save on Ovechkin with 2:58 left in OT.
Blues 3, Kings 2 (SO)
Robert Thomas scored in regulation and posted the shootout winner to give visiting St. Louis a victory over struggling Los Angeles.
Jake Neighbours also tallied in regulation and the shootout for the Blues, who are on a 6-1-1 run. St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington made 21 saves through overtime, then denied two of the three Kings he faced in the skills contest.
Quinton Byfield and Trevor Moore scored for the Kings, who have lost their past five games (0-3-2). Darcy Kuemper stopped 28 shots through overtime.
Senators 4, Blackhawks 3 (OT)
Tim Stutzle scored the winner 46 seconds into overtime to extend his point streak to 13 games and lift the visiting Senators to a victory against Chicago.
Josh Norris had a goal and an assist, Brady Tkachuk and David Perron also scored and Drake Batherson and Jake Sanderson had two assists for the Senators. Linus Ullmark made 17 saves.
Ryan Donato, Teuvo Teravainen and Craig Smith scored for the Blackhawks. Arvid Soderblom stopped 22 shots.
Golden Knights 5, Maple Leafs 2
Tomas Hertl, Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin and Tanner Pearson each had a goal and an assist as Vegas jumped out to a five-goal lead and cruised to a victory over Toronto in Las Vegas.
Brett Howden also scored for Vegas, which won its third straight game and prevailed for the sixth time in seven games. Adin Hill made 29 saves to win his fourth straight start.
Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner scored for Toronto, which had a four-game road win streak end while taking its second straight loss (0-1-1). Matthews became the third player in franchise history to amass 100 power-play goals, joining Mats Sundin (124) and Darryl Sittler (120).
Canucks 3, Ducks 2
Jake DeBrusk, Teddy Blueger and Carson Soucy scored second-period goals and Vancouver held on for a win against visiting Anaheim.
Filip Hronek contributed two assists and Kevin Lankinen made 14 saves for the Canucks, who had lost two in a row and four of five.
Sam Colangelo and Brian Dumoulin tallied for the Ducks. John Gibson made 19 saves before leaving in the second period with a lower-body injury. Lukas Dostal replaced Gibson and made 14 saves.
–Field Level Media
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