WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 886th profession objective into an empty internet to seal the Washington Capitals’ 4-2 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Sunday, transferring 9 again of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL report and serving to the Jap Convention leaders win their fourth recreation in a row.
Ovechkin backhanded the puck in from heart ice with 1:31 left, sending the gang into jubilation and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” His thirty third objective of the season was additionally his 1,600th profession level.
Connor McMichael scored the go-ahead objective a couple of minutes earlier, not lengthy after a line brawl practically broke out and all 5 skaters on every group have been despatched to the penalty field, the place gamers stored jawing at one another earlier than Washington’s Brandon Duhaime was escorted to the bench and down the tunnel to the locker room for his 10-minute misconduct. The post-whistle pushing and shoving stored flaring up and went on for a while as officers labored to maintain Tom Wilson and John Hayden from combating.
Martin Fehervary and Dylan Strome additionally scored and Charlie Lindgren made 30 saves for Capitals, who padded their comfy lead atop the East and the Metropolitan Division.
Shane Wright and Jordan Eberle scored and Joey Daccord stopped 20 of the 23 photographs he confronted for the Kraken, who have been unable to string collectively back-to-back wins on the weekend.
Takeaways
Kraken: It’s all in regards to the future, and Wright with 15 objectives appears to be like like he may very well be a giant a part of it for Seattle.
Capitals: Issues are clicking once more for Washington after a midseason lull.
Key second
McMichael redirected John Carlson’s slap cross previous Daccord with 4:16 left to interrupt the tie.
Key stat
The groups mixed for 50 penalty minutes.
Up subsequent
Capitals open a three-game California street journey Tuesday evening at Anaheim, whereas the Kraken return residence to face Montreal on Wednesday evening.