Overview

• Ovechkin’s latest tally was his 898th career goal and first of his 21st season, coming in a 5-1 win over Minnesota.
• He surpassed Gordie Howe with 567 even-strength goals, trailing only Wayne Gretzky’s 617 after breaking Gretzky’s 894-goal mark late last season.
• Dylan Strome posted two goals and two assists against the Wild, with Tom Wilson adding a power-play goal and an assist and Martin Fehervary notching two helpers.
• Logan Thompson made 13 saves for Washington, which carries a four-game win streak into Sunday’s home game.
• Vancouver arrives on consecutive road wins over Dallas and Chicago, with Kevin Lankinen stopping 31 shots and all four attempts in a shootout won by Brock Boeser, after regulation goals by Jake DeBrusk and Max Sasson; the teams split last season’s two meetings, each winning 2-1 at home.