Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

Jan 31, 2025, 12:00 AM · National Hockey League

Washington Capitals

34-11-6

Final
4 - 5

Ottawa Senators

27-20-4

Ovechkin moves within 19 goals of breaking Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring in Capitals' OT loss

Ovechkin scored his 23nd goal of the season to push his career total to 876. Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL.

Ovechkin pulled the Capitals to 4-3 on a long wrist shot with 6:59 left. The 39-year-old Russian star then set up Dylan Strome's tying goal with 5:29 remaining. Thomas Chabot scored for Ottawa at 1:46 of overtime.

Josh Norris scored for Ottawa on a second-period penalty shot and Ridly Greig, Shane Pinto and Jake Sanderson added goals, with Pinto also missing on a penalty shot. Anton Forsberg made 31 saves.

Stromme scored twice and Connor McMichael also scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren stopped 29 shots.

Takeaways Capitals: Washington was 1 for 6 on the power play.

Senators: Ottawa scored two power-play goals, on the short-handed penalty shot and short-handed.

Up next Washington hosts Winnipeg on Saturday night. Ottawa hosts Minnesota on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 4:08	Ridly Greig Goal (8) Deflected, assists: David Perron (1), Thomas Chabot (19)
Goal	2nd Period 7:43	Connor McMichael Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Pierre-Luc Dubois (30), Matt Roy (10)
Goal	2nd Period 17:37	Josh Norris Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 18:15	Shane Pinto Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Josh Norris (11), Jake Sanderson (26)
Goal	3rd Period 7:58	Dylan Strome Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: John Carlson (27), Alex Ovechkin (13)
Goal	3rd Period 10:38	Jake Sanderson Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Claude Giroux (24), Tim Stützle (33)
Goal	3rd Period 13:01	Alex Ovechkin Goal (23) Wrist Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (22), Connor McMichael (20)
Goal	3rd Period 14:31	Dylan Strome Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (14), Tom Wilson (16)
Goal	4th Period 1:46	Thomas Chabot Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Shane Pinto (10), Josh Norris (12)

Statistics

WSH		OTT
5	Blocked Shots	14
20	Hits	19
10	Takeaways	4
35	Shots	34
2	Power Play Goals	2
6	Power Play Opportunities	5
33.3	Power Play Percentage	40.0
0	Short Handed Goals	2
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	31
42.6	Faceoff Win Percent	57.4
10	Giveaways	15
5	Total Penalties	6
10	Penalty Minutes	12