With his 890th goal, Capitals sniper Alex Ovechkin moved within five goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record, but host Washington lost to the Buffalo Sabres 8-5 on Sunday.
Ovechkin, who also collected a pair of assists, will resume his pursuit of the record on Tuesday in Boston against the Bruins. Washington has nine games left in the regular season.
Buffalo’s Alex Tuch had two goals and an assist, Tage Thompson scored twice and Jack Quinn added a goal and two assists. Connor Clifton, JJ Peterka and Jason Zucker had two assists each, and James Reimer made 24 saves for the Sabres, who picked up their sixth win in the last nine games.
For Washington, Jakob Chychrun scored twice to hit the 20-goal mark for the first time, Dylan Strome notched two helpers and Logan Thompson made 15 saves in the loss.
Penguins 1, Senators 0 (OT)
Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal at 1:16 of overtime and Tristan Jarry made 31 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead Pittsburgh past visiting Ottawa.
Crosby, who drew a hooking penalty on Ridly Greig with three seconds left in regulation, roofed a one-timer off an Erik Karlsson pass from the center of the right circle past the glove side of Anton Forsberg for the game-winner. The Penguins snapped a three-game winless streak (0-2-1).
It was the 97th career game-winning goal for Crosby, passing Mats Sundin for 12th in NHL history. It was Jarry’s 20th career shutout. Forsberg stopped 34 of 35 shots for Ottawa.
Jets 3, Canucks 1
Kyle Connor had a goal and an assist, Mason Appleton and Cole Perfetti each tallied, and Winnipeg pulled away with a home win over Vancouver.
Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for the Jets, who picked up their third straight win. Nikolaj Ehlers, Adam Lowry and Vladislav Namestnikov each had an assist.
Pius Suter netted the lone Cancucks goal that put Vancouver on top 1-0 with just over a minute left in the opening period. Thatcher Demko recorded 24 saves.
Maple Leafs 3, Ducks 2
Steven Lorentz scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Toronto extended its lead in the Atlantic Division to three points with a win over host Anaheim.
Max Domi and Mitch Marner added goals for the Maple Leafs, who have points in four straight games (3-0-1). Joseph Woll made 29 saves in the win.
After Toronto built a 2-0 lead, Leo Carlsson and Sam Colangelo responded with the Ducks’ goals. Lukas Dostal made 20 saves in the defeat.
Utah Hockey Club 5, Blackhawks 2
Defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and Alexander Kerfoot scored 31 seconds apart late in the second period, fueling Utah’s victory over host Chicago.
Kerfoot had two assists, Sergachev added one and Kailer Yamamoto, Logan Cooley and defenseman Nick DeSimone also scored a goal to help Utah snap its three-game skid (0-2-1). Defenseman John Marino notched two assists and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves while appearing in his 17th consecutive game.
Joe Veleno and Ryan Donato each scored a goal and Arvid Soderblom turned aside 26 shots for the skidding Blackhawks, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games (1-9-1). Chicago defenseman Sam Rinzel and forward Oliver Moore made their respective NHL debuts after signing their entry-level contracts on Saturday.
Hurricanes 6, Islanders 4
Dmitry Orlov netted the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, Seth Jarvis added the second of his two scores, and Carolina held off New York for its 11th win in 13 games in Raleigh, N.C.
Mark Jankowski, Logan Stankoven and Sebastian Aho all scored for the Hurricanes, while Pyotr Kochetkov was credited with 27 saves — including 12 in the third period.
Pierre Engvall had two goals to lead the Islanders, who have lost five straight. Kyle Palmieri and Anders Lee each tallied, while Bo Horvat dished out two assists. Marcus Hogberg recorded 24 saves for New York.
Canadiens 4, Panthers 2
Nick Suzuki had a goal and two assists for Montreal in a win against Florida in Sunrise, Fla.
Juraj Slafkovsky had a goal and an assist, Patrik Laine and Brendan Gallagher also scored, Lane Hutson totaled three assists and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves for the Canadiens, who moved into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. In the finale of a four-game trip, Montreal snapped a five-game skid (0-3-2).
Sam Reinhart and Seth Jones scored, Aleksander Barkov had two assists and Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves for the Panthers (44-26-3, 91 points), who missed a chance to retake first place in the Atlantic Division.
Kings 8, Sharks 1
Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele each netted two goals as Los Angeles routed visiting San Jose.
Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and two assists for the Kings, who ended a two-game skid, while Trevor Moore recorded a goal and an assist. Phillip Danault and Trevor Lewis also scored for Los Angeles, which set a franchise record with its 27th home win of the season.
Cam Lund tallied the lone score for the Sharks, assisted by Mario Ferraro. Georgi Romanov was credited with 28 saves for San Jose, which allowed four goals in the second period, including two within 35 seconds of each other.
–Field Level Media
