Alex Ovechkin scored two goals one night after notching a hat trick, but he exited in the third period with a lower-body injury as the Washington Capitals beat the Utah Hockey Club 6-2 on Monday in Salt Lake City.
Ovechkin got hurt because of a leg-on-leg collision with Utah’s Jack McBain. After the Capitals prevailed to complete a sweep of their three-game road trip, coach Spencer Carbery said the team was awaiting word on Ovechkin’s status.
Dylan Strome and Brandon Duhaime each had a goal and an assist, while Aliaksei Protas and Nic Dowd also scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves for the win. Ovechkin has a league-high 15 goals in 18 games this season and is 27 away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894.
McBain and Nick Bjugstad scored for Utah, which has lost three of its past four games. Connor Ingram allowed four goals on 13 shots before being lifted for Karel Vejmelka in the second period.
Sharks 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)
Rookie sensation Macklin Celebrini scored his first career overtime goal and William Eklund tallied twice to lead host San Jose past Detroit.
Tyler Toffoli and Luke Kunin also scored and Alexander Wennberg produced two assists for the Sharks, who snapped a three-game skid. Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 17 saves.
Dylan Larkin had a goal and an assist while Marco Kasper, Michael Rasmussen and Alex DeBrincat also scored for the Red Wings, who have only one victory in their past six games. Goalie Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots.
Canadiens 3, Oilers 0
Sam Montembeault made 30 saves and Jake Evans had a goal and an assist in Montreal’s shutout of visiting Edmonton.
Brendan Gallagher and Kaiden Guhle also scored for the Canadiens, who are 3-1-0 in their past four games. Montembeault logged his second shutout of the season.
The Oilers’ third shutout loss of the campaign ended the team’s four-game point streak (3-0-1). Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard stopped 22 of 24 shots.
Blue Jackets 5, Bruins 1
Columbus never trailed, logging a three-goal first period and netting a pair of short-handed tallies en route to a win over host Boston.
Dmitri Voronkov, Mathieu Olivier and James van Riemsdyk built the Blue Jackets’ 3-0 lead at the first intermission before Justin Danforth and Yegor Chinakhov found the back of the net in the final period.
Sean Monahan handed out two assists and Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves for Columbus, which had lost seven of its previous eight games (1-6-1). Charlie Coyle scored the lone goal and Jeremy Swayman stopped 24 shots for Boston, which has lost three straight (0-2-1).
Avalanche 3, Flyers 2
Cale Makar scored twice as visiting Colorado opened its four-game road trip with a victory over Philadelphia.
Casey Mittelstadt chipped in a goal and an assist and Mikko Rantanen set up two goals for the Avalanche, who have won four of their past five games. Colorado’s Justus Annunen made 24 saves.
Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers, who lost in regulation for the first time in six games (4-1-1). Aleksei Kolosov recorded 26 saves while starting in net for the Flyers in place of Samuel Ersson (lower-body injury).
Ducks 4, Stars 2
Brett Leason notched a goal and two assists while leading Anaheim to a win in Dallas, ending the Stars’ three-game winning streak.
Leason has two goals and four assists in four games since returning to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three straight games. Lukas Dostal made 34 saves for the Ducks, who have won three out of four.
Esa Lindell and Matt Duchene scored and Casey DeSmith made 23 saves for Dallas.
