COLUMBUS, Ohio –
Alex Ovechkin bought his 742nd profession objective, Conor Sheary scored with 1:22 left and the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Friday evening.
Garnet Hathaway scored twice to assist Washington get its third straight win. Ilya Samsonov stopped 26 pictures for his first win since Oct. 29.
“You bought to love the perseverance, enjoying and touring final evening, and guys stepping up and getting it achieved within the third interval, and successful in regulation,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette stated.
Sean Kuraly had two objectives for Columbus, and Gustav Nyquist additionally scored. Joonas Korpisalo had 24 saves.
Ovechkin‘s laser shot from the best circle at 10:19 of the primary interval tied the rating 1-1 together with his league-leading twelfth objective of the season. Ovechkin broke a tie with Bobby Hull for fourth on the NHL’s all-time objectives.
“It is means rather a lot,” Ovechkin stated. “Once you begin enjoying hockey, and also you got here to the NHL, you by no means thought you would be in that place with these names. It is a particular second for me, my dad and mom, my brother, my spouse, children.”
Hathaway gave Washington a 2-1 lead 24 seconds into the second interval off a move from Axel Jonsson-Fjallby. He bought his second second of the evening and second of the season on a breakaway at 7:23.
“The primary three objectives, we turned the puck over thrice,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen stated. “Once you drive performs in opposition to a harmful workforce, they make you pay, they usually did–three occasions.”
Kuraly pulled the Blue Jackets inside one together with his second of the evening at 8:11, over a sprawling Martin Fehervary. Jakub Voracek’s help was his team-leading eleventh of the season and prolonged his help streak to 4 video games.
Nyquist tied the rating 22 seconds later together with his second of the season and first since opening evening. Assists from Oliver Bjorkstrand and Boone Jenner prolonged their level streaks to 4 video games every.
Kuraly bought Columbus on the scoreboard together with his first with the Blue Jackets, burying a bouncing rebound from Alexandre Texier 2:33 into the sport.
Subsequent within the sights of Ovechkin on the all-time scoring checklist is Jaromir Jagr with 766 objectives. The highest two scorers in league historical past are Wayne Gretzky with 894 and Gordie Howe with 801.
