Alex Ovechkin tied Gordie Howe for the most goals scored for one NHL team and Andrew Copp had a go-ahead goal with 3:50 left, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Thursday night.
Ovechkin broke a scoreless tie midway through the second period, giving him 786 goals with Washington to equal Howe’s total with the Red Wings.
Ovechkin, a 37-year-old Russian, fittingly tied Howe’s mark in Detroit.
The late great played for the Red Wings from 1946 to 1971, and Ovechkin’s milestone goal was scored on the same end of the rink that the Hall of Famer’s retired No. 9 jersey hangs in the rafters.
Howe, known as Mr. Hockey, retired with an NHL-record 801 goals — scored mostly with the Red Wings — and Wayne Gretzky broke the mark, finishing with a league-record 894 goals. Howe died in 2016 at the age of 88.
Bruins 5, Rangers 2:
Trent Frederic and Jake DeBrusk scored third-period goals and Linus Ullmark made 18 saves as visiting Boston won its seventh straight game.
Frederic’s second goal of the season at 6:04 put the Bruins ahead 3-2 before DeBrusk rifled his fourth past New York goalie Igor Shesterkin at 10:19.
Hampus Lindholm added an empty-net goal with 58 seconds left.
Nick Foligno and Taylor Hall each had two assists for Boston, off to a franchise-best 10-1-0 start under new head coach Jim Montgomery.
Hurricanes 4, Lightning 3:
Sebastian Aho scored in the sixth round of the shootout, and Carolina beat Andrei Vasilevskiy and host Tampa Bay.
Vasilevskiy made 53 saves in regulation and overtime. He made several strong stops during an OT power play for Carolina, including shots by Aho and Brent Burns.
Brady Skjei tied it 3-3 when he scored a shorthanded goal for the Hurricanes at 13:34 of the third.
Golden Knights 5, Senators 4:
Ottawa nearly avoided its fourth straight loss by scoring the last three goals of the game to cut into a 5-1 deficit, but visiting Vegas prevailed.
Jets 3, Canadiens 2:
Kyle Connor scored at 1:45 of overtime to push host Winnipeg past Montreal.