Alex Ovechkin had his 31st hat trick and Logan Thompson made 40 saves to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
Ovechkin is 29 goals shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL record of 894 goals after combining for 864, 865 and 866 career goals. It also marked Ovechkin’s 176th career goal game, 13 shy of Gretzky’s record, and moved him into a tie for the league scoring lead (13) with Florida’s Sam Reinhart and Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl.
Jakob Chychrun and Jakub Vrana also scored and Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas each had two assists for Washington, which improved to 6-0-0 against Western Conference teams with its first win of the regular season in the seven tries at T-Mobile Arena.
Brett Howden and Keegan Kolesar each scored a goal for Vegas, resulting in two game-winning drives. Ilya Samsonov finished with 20 saves.
Hurricanes 4, Blues 1
Martin Necas scored two goals and had two assists to lead Carolina past St. Louis. Louis in Raleigh, NC
Necas increased his points in 13 games. He has 10 goals and 17 assists in that span. Eric Robinson had a goal and two assists for the Hurricanes, who have won 11 of their last 13 games. Andrei Svechnikov scored again and goalkeeper Pyotr Kochetkov made 29 saves to earn his ninth win in 11 games.
Jake Neighbors scored a goal and Joel Hofer made 20 saves for the Blues, who are 1-4-1 in their last six games.
Rangers 2, Kraken 0
Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for his second straight shutout and 62nd of his career as New York defeated host Seattle.
Alexis Lafreniere and Zac Jones scored for the Rangers, who won their second straight game and improved to 10-0-0 with their first goal of the season. Quick, in his 18th NHL season, has won all four of his starts to start the campaign.
Seattle goaltender Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 of 23 shots as the Kraken ended a four-game winning streak. Grubauer was making his first start since Nov. 5. He missed four games with an undisclosed injury due to an “unfortunate accident” at home, according to Kraken coach Dan Bylsma.
Predators 5, Canucks 3
Steven Stamkos scored twice and Zachary L’Heureux scored his first goal in visiting Nashville against Vancouver.
Roman Josi had one goal and one assist, Gustav Nyquist scored once and Filip Forsberg had two assists for the Predators, who snapped a three-game skid. Goalkeeper Juuse Saros made 24 saves.
Aatu Raty, Elias Pettersson and Kiefer Sherwood scored for the Canucks, who have won just three of their 10 home games this season. Danton Heinen recorded two assists and goaltender Kevin Lankinen, who joined the Canucks this season after two campaigns with the Predators, stopped 16 shots.
–Field Level Media
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