The Washington Capitals rallied to down the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-3, Thursday evening at Capital One Enviornment within the District. Capitals Captain Alex Ovechkin scored twice to tie Wayne Gretzky with 894 profession objectives. The victory improves the Capitals’ file to 49-18-9 (107 factors) on the season.
LINEUP
Charlie Lindgren (17-12-3, 2.66 GAA, .899 sv%) received the beginning between the pipes for the Capitals. Spencer Knight (15-14-2, 2.62 GAA, .902 sv%) received the beginning in aim for the visiting Blackhawks. The beginning ahead traces and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonAliaksei Protas — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Ryan LeonardAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Taylor RaddyshBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Connor McMichael
Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van RiemsdykMartin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Charlie LindgrenHunter Shepard
Scratches: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Frank, Dylan McIlrath, Anthony Beauvillier
Injured: Logan Thompson (upper-body), Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).
1ST PERIOD
The Capitals opened the scoring on a close-range snipe by Alex Ovechkin (40) at 3:52 of the primary body. It was Ovechkin’s 893rd profession aim, one aim shy of tying Wayne Gretzky on the all-time objectives record. Dylan Strome (50) and John Carlson (43) had the helpers.
Is 2 extra an excessive amount of to ask for? pic.twitter.com/3Bmg2K2RKH
— x – Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 4, 2025
Ovechkin has recorded his NHL-record 14th profession 40-goal season. He is the primary participant in NHL historical past with at the least three 40-goal seasons on the age of 35 or older (additionally 2022-23: 42g; 2021-22: 50g).
Ovechkin, 39, has scored 40 objectives in 60 video games this season (0.67 G/GP) and 18 objectives in his final 26 video games. Ovechkin has scored at the least one aim in an NHL-record 679 profession video games, which is 41 greater than the subsequent closest participant (Wayne Gretzky: 638).
The Blackhawks tied the sport later in body with a tally from Tyler Bertuzzi (21) at 13:55. L. Slaggert (2) and F. Nazar (12) had the assists.
artful work from Frank, Slaggs, and Bert🎨 pic.twitter.com/HAo8TviFjW
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) April 4, 2025
And that was it for the primary body. The Blackhawks led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 19-16. The Capitals led in anticipated objectives for, 1.14 to 0.99.
2ND PERIOD
The Blackhawks took their first lead of the evening on a tally from Frank Nazar (8) 31 seconds into the center body. O. Moore (1) and P. Maroon (14) had the assists.
psst… the help from Oliver Moore is his first NHL level👏 pic.twitter.com/iWzHkgEpNm
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) April 5, 2025
The Capitals answered with a tally from Martin Fehervary (5) at 7:09. Connor McMichael (30) and John Carlson (44) had the assists.
Marty on clean-up responsibility for his fifth tally of the 12 months pic.twitter.com/02s32qeOAq
— x – Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 5, 2025
However the Blackhawks answered simply 10 seconds later to regain the lead with a tally from Philipp Kurashev (7). L. Slaggert (3) and O. Moore (2) had the helpers.
gettin’ right down to enterprise💼 pic.twitter.com/K6YaFJDTqT
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) April 5, 2025
The Blackhawks held the 3-2 lead into the second intermission. The Capitals led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 23-13, and anticipated objectives for, 1.02 to 0.76.
3RD PERIOD
The Capitals tied the sport with an influence play aim from Dylan Strome (25) at 3:46 of the ultimate body. The aim was unassisted.
Washington aim!
Scored by Dylan Strome with 16:13 remaining within the third interval.
Washington: 3Chicago: 3#CHIvsWSH #ALLCAPS #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/FPL6DUVJfA
— NHL Objectives (@nhl_goal_bot) April 5, 2025
Strome, who appeared in 225 video games with Chicago from 2018-22, has tallied seven factors (2g, 5a) in eight profession video games in opposition to the Blackhawks.
The Capitals regained the lead on an influence play aim from Alex Ovechkin, his second tally of the evening, to make it 4-3. John Carlson (45) and Andrew Mangiapane (13) had the helpers.
“HISTORY, BABE!”“HISTORY, BABE!”#Gr8Chase pic.twitter.com/jxmemZm98d
— x – Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 5, 2025
Ryan Leonard added an empty internet aim to seal the victory.
