Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin boosts goals total to 499
The Washington center made a length of the ice rush and scored his second goal of the game at 1:25 of overtime as the visiting Capitals defeated the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday.
“You don’t see a highlight goal every game, but it’s moments like this that he shows up,” said Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom, who forced OT by scoring with 5.7 seconds left in regulation.
The sequence of plays leading up to the winner was thrilling.
The Washington goaltender stopped Rick Nash in close and then combined with defenseman Nate Schmidt to stop Derek Stepan on the rebound attempt.
Bryan Rust scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves for visiting Pittsburgh.
Troy Brouwer scored the decisive goal in the seventh round of the shootout for visiting St. Louis, which snapped a five-game losing streak.
Jordan Staal scored in overtime for visiting Carolina, which won despite blowing a three-goal lead.
Thomas Vanek and Ryan Carter scored second-period goals and Devan Dubnyk made 34 saves as visiting Minnesota beat Dallas for the first time in four tries this season.
Stone was able to put in his own rebound over a sprawling Tuukka Rask after being stopped the first time on a wraparound attempt.
Steve Mason stopped 20 shots for his third shutout of the season for host Philadelphia, which has won three in a row.
Tobias Rieder scored twice and rookie goalie Louis Domingue made 26 saves for his second shutout for host Arizona.
The Devils placed forward Jiri Tlusty on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.