Alex Ovechkin scored his 484th NHL goal, breaking Sergei Fedorov’s record for most by a Russian-born player, but the Dallas Stars bounced back to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Thursday night.
Ovechkin’s goal came at 7 minutes, 1 second of the third period, knotting the score at 2. He converted a backhand pass from Nicklas Backstrom, shoving the puck into the left side of the net.
Just more than four minutes later, Jason Spezza converted a turnover by Washington’s Jason Chimera into the go-ahead score.
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Ovechkin scored No. 484 in his 777th game; Fedorov had 483 goals in 1,248 games.
Dallas have won eight straight against the Capitals, including five in a row in Washington. Kari Lehtonen stopped 33 shots for the Stars, improving to 9-1 this season.
The victory boosted the Stars’ point total to 32, best in the Western Conference. Tyler Seguin and Cody Eakin also scored for Dallas.
Backstrom had a goal for the Capitals.
BLUES 3, SABRES 2, SO
In St Louis, Alexander Steen scored the only goal in a shutout and Jake Allen made 32 saves to lift St Louis over Buffalo.
The Blues have won seven straight and 17 of 19 against Buffalo since 1999.
Kevin Shattenkirk and Vladimir Tarasenko scored power-play goals in regulation for the Blues (13-6-1), who had lost three of four. Allen stopped four shots in the three-on-three overtime period.
Sam Reinhart and Ryan O’Reilly scored in regulation for the Sabres (8-9-2), who have lost three straight after a stretch of five wins in six games. Linus Ullmark stopped 27 shots.
LIGHTNING 2, RANGERS 1
In Tampa, Florida, Valtteri Filppula scored a short-handed goal to snap a tie late in the third period as Tampa Bay ended New York’s nine-game winning streak.
In their first meeting since the Lightning beat the Rangers in Game 7 of last season’s Eastern Conference final, Filppula scored with 1:05 to play off a two-on-one pass from J.T. Brown.
Tampa Bay also got a goal from Alex Killorn. Ben Bishop stopped Chris Kreider’s penalty shot in the third and finished with 20 saves, improving to 9-0 against the Rangers in the regular season.
Dominic Moore scored for the Rangers, who fell one short of matching the franchise record of 10 straight wins accomplished in 1939-1940 and 1972-1973.
COYOTES 3, CANADIENS 2
In Montreal, Martin Hanzal and Shane Doan scored in the first period as Arizona held on to beat Montreal.
Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored for the Coyotes, who lost their previous two games.
Max Pacioretty and Dale Weise had the goals for the Canadiens (14-4-2), who have gone four games without winning in regulation. They have allowed 16 goals while going 1-2-1 during that stretch.
Weise scored with 51 seconds left. Montreal outshot the Coyotes 33-20.
Arizona scored three times on their first six shots against Mike Condon as Montreal fell behind 3-0 for the third game in a row.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Sharks 1, Flyers 0, Ot
‧ Bruins 4, Wild 2
‧ Penguins 4, Avalanche 3
‧ Ducks 3, Panthers 1
‧ Senators 3, Blue Jackets 0
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