Overview
- Ovechkin, who scored twice Tuesday, lifted Washington to a 6-4 win over Philadelphia with the official game-winner.
- His 928 career goals include 141 game-winning goals, which extends his NHL record and marks his fifth such tally this season.
- He now has 31 goals this season and is the first player to post 20 seasons with at least 30 goals.
- At age 40, he joined Gordie Howe, Johnny Bucyk, and Teemu Selanne as the only players to score 30 or more in a season at that age.
- The second goal followed a deflected Jakob Chychrun attempt that landed with Connor McMichael, who fed Ovechkin for the finish, and it capped a surge of five goals in his last three games.