Alex Ovechkin and TJ Oshie each had a goal and an assist, helping the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 3-0 on Friday.
Ovechkin scored career goal No. 791 at 12:24 of the third period, firing a quick wrist shot from the left circle past Calgary’s Jacob Markstrom on the power play to seal the Captials’ second straight victory.
“When you win, you always have confidence. “Sometimes you play well, but you can’t win the game, and that’s a little frustrating,” Ovechkin said. “But the situation at the moment, we just have to collect the points. It doesn’t matter how: lucky, bad bounce. We just have to collect the points and try to get as many as possible.”
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Ovechkin is now nine goals away from 800 and 11 to pass Gordie Howe for second place on the NHL’s all-time scoring list.
Oshie opened the scoring early in the first period, marking the first time since Nov. 11 that Washington scored the game’s first goal. He has four points in back-to-back games since returning from a lower-body injury that sidelined him for 11 games.
“He is one of our leaders on and off the ice. He brings a lot of energy,” Ovechkin said of Oshie.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in the second period, picked off the puck from Oshie in the neutral zone, got through three Flames and slid the puck past Markstrom as he fell.
Calgary had its share of scoring chances and outshot Washington 32-25, but Capitals goaltender Darcy Kuemper earned his second shutout of the season.
“We talked about a couple of wins together, so that was the focus tonight, just to come in and kind of do my job and help the team the best I can,” Kuemper said.
Markstrom had 22 saves in the loss for Calgary.
“I think they were better with the puck than us. That was the difference,” Jonathan Huberdeau said. “We had chances and didn’t take them, and they did.”
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