Alex Ovechkin scored his 900th career goal as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Wednesday.
Anthony Beauvillier and Tom Wilson each scored two goals and Jakob Chychrun recorded three assists as the Capitals snapped a four-game winless streak.
Alexey Toropchenko scored for the slumping Blues, who are 1-6-2 in their last nine games. Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington allowed four goals on 15 shots before giving way to Joel Hofer midway through the game.
Ovechkin set up his league-record 900th goal by knocking down an outlet attempt by Binnington early in the second period. When Chychrun’s ensuing shot caromed to him off the end boards, Ovechkin scored on a spinning backhand from a bad angle before Binnington could get to the post.
Sharks 6, Kraken 1
Macklin Celebrini logged a goal and two assists as San Jose handed Seattle its first regulation loss at home this season.
Will Smith, Tyler Toffoli and John Klingberg each added a goal for the Sharks, who improved to 4-1-1 over their past six games. Goaltender Yaroslav Askarov made 28 saves.
Ryan Winterton scored his first NHL goal for the Kraken, who entered the game with a 4-0-2 home record. Joey Daccord stopped 15 of 20 shots before being pulled at 3:24 of the third period. Matt Murray saved 2 of 3 attempts the rest of the way.
Flames 5, Blue Jackets 1
Nazem Kadri scored in his 1,000th game and Calgary got off to a lightning start and claimed a victory over visiting Columbus.
Morgan Frost and Blake Coleman gave Calgary a 2-0 lead after 92 seconds. Adam Klapka and Mikael Backlund also scored for the Flames, who have won two consecutive games for the first time this season.
Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf sparkled, making 42 saves, 22 of them in the third period alone while the Blue Jackets attempted a comeback that fell well short.
Kirill Marchenko scored for Columbus, which has dropped two games in a row.
Blackhawks 5, Canucks 2
Tyler Bertuzzi recorded a hat trick and Spencer Knight made 43 saves in Chicago’s road win over Vancouver.
The victory ended both Chicago’s three-game winless streak (0-2-1), and a longstanding drought against Vancouver. The Blackhawks were 0-10-1 in their previous 11 games with the Canucks, dating back to the 2021-22 season.
Vancouver outshot Chicago by a 45-28 margin and held a 35-19 shots edge through two periods. Aatu Raty and Evander Kane scored late in the third period to spoil Knight’s shutout bid
Maple Leafs 5, Mammoth 3
John Tavares scored in the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and Toronto went on to defeat visiting Utah.
Tavares, William Nylander, Matias Maccelli and Matthew Knies all had a goal and an assist and Auston Matthews also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won three in a row. Jake McCabe added two assists and Anthony Stolarz made 21 saves.
Michael Carcone, Mikhail Sergachev and Dylan Guenther scored for the Mammoth, who split the first two matchups of a four-game road trip that started Tuesday with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres. Vitek Vanecek stopped 14 shots.
–Field Level Media
