Overview
- Colorado topped Washington in Denver 5–2, with goals from Parker Kelly, Nathan MacKinnon (two), Victor Olofsson and Artturi Lehkonen, handing the Capitals a third straight loss.
- Coach Jared Bednar said Valeri Nichushkin was in a car accident en route to the arena, suffered minor injuries, missed the game with an upper-body issue and will be re-evaluated.
- The Avalanche called up Alex Barre-Boulet from AHL affiliate Colorado Eagles to cover Nichushkin’s absence.
- Alexander Ovechkin logged an assist in his 1,541st regular-season appearance to move into sole 18th all-time, but his goal drought reached four games.
- Ovechkin confronted Colorado’s Josh Manson after a high stick on Nick Dowd resulted in a minor penalty on Manson, and in a separate game Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky fought San Jose’s Alex Nedeljkovic as both goalies received five-minute majors and two minutes for leaving the crease.