Ovechkin scored the empty-net goal with just 0.1 seconds left on the clock before the Capitals took home the 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers. The Caps are now 2-0 on the season against the Panthers and will look to go for the season sweep when they clash one last time on March 22nd.
Andrew Mangiapane (11), Tom Wilson (22), Lars Eller (9), Nic Dowd (11), and Aliaksei Protas (22) all scored for Washington. Goaltender Logan Thompson is now tied for third with netminders Pat Riggin and Braden Holtby for the longest point streak (13) in team history.
He need two more two more to surpass Holtby's other streak of 14 and eight more to surpass Jose Theodore's 19 games to mark the longest in team history. Thompson is now 11-0-2 in his last 13 starts.
Washington improves to 35-11-7 on the year, holding steady atop the Eastern Conference while the Panthers, despite the loss, sit third in the conference with a 32-20-3 record.
Winnipeg blanketed the Hurricanes to extend their win streak to seven games. They now hold the best record in hockey (38-14-3) after their seventh shutout on the year.
Nino Niederreiter (14), Neal Pionk (8), and Rasmus Kupari (5) each scored a goal in each period respectively while Eric Comrie earned his first shutout of the season and third of his career.
The Canes have now lost two straight of three of the last five, falling well behind the Caps in the Metropolitan Division, despite being second with a 32-18-4 record.
After Bo Horvat (19) put the Islanders on the board first, newly signed forward Brandon Saad (8) tied it up in the third. Luckily for the Islanders, Brock Nelson (16) found the net to seal the win.
This now marks the Knights' fourth straight loss, a streak in which they're being outscored 12-7. Despite the streak, Vegas is still just a couple points behind the Edmonton Oilers for first place in the Pacific Division with a 31-17-6 record.
Meanwhile, the Islanders have now won eight of their last 10 games and are just three points from leaping the Columbus Blue Jackets for third in the Metro Division with a 25-21-7 record.
The Oilers took down the Blues 3-2 after a game-winner goal from Connor Brown (7) in overtime. Meanwhile, the Boston Bruins have now won back-to-back games after shutting out a Minnesota Wild team that is struggling mightily by a score of 3-0.
Jack Hughes scored twice in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a shootout while the Tampa Bay Lightning cooled off the hot Ottawa Senators in a tight 4-3 win.
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