The Washington Capitals fell to the Winnipeg Jets by a rating of 3-2 in time beyond regulation at Canada Life Centre on Tuesday within the battle of the NHL’s convention leaders. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 889th profession objective and is now 5 shy of tying Wayne Gretzky’s all-time report. The loss dropped Washington to 47-15-9 (.725 factors share) this season. Goaltender Logan Thompson made 22 saves within the loss.
Washington’s Traces
Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Tom WilsonConnor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Aliaksei ProtasAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Taylor RaddyshBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Anthony Beauvillier
Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonMartin Fehervary — Matt RoyJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
ThompsonCharlie Lindgren
Scratched
D Dylan McIlrath
D Alexander Alexeyev
RW Ethen Frank
Injured
LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (again)
Winnipeg’s Traces
Kyle Connor — Mark Scheifele — Alex IafalloNino Niederreiter — Vladislav Namestnikov — Cole PerfettiNikolaj Ehlers – Adam Lowry — Mason AppletonBrandon Tanev — Rasmus Kupari — Morgan Barron
Josh Morrissey — Dylan DeMeloDylan Samberg — Luke SchennLogan Stanley — Colin Miller
Connor HellebuyckEric Comrie
Scratched
D Ville Heinola
D Hadyn Fleury
C David Gustafsson
Injured
D Neal Pionk (lower-body)
C Gabriel Vilardi (again)
First Interval
Scoring
6:50, 1-0 Winnipeg: Morrissey clapped a slapshot that went previous the glove of Thompson from the left level after Schiefele threw the puck again to Morrissey from the left half-wall.
Winnipeg objective!
Scored by Josh Morrissey with 13:10 remaining within the 1st interval.
Assisted by Mark Scheifele and Dylan DeMelo.
Winnipeg: 1Washington: 0#WSHvsWPG #GoJetsGo #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/ZAUdswIhoR
— NHL Objectives (@nhl_goal_bot) March 26, 2025
19:21, 1-1: Mangiapane ripped a wrist shot over the blocker of Hellebuyck from the proper circle after coming into the zone and executing a give-and-go with Chychrun. Mangiapane prolonged his objective streak to a few video games (three targets). Mangiapane has scored seven targets in 20 profession video games towards Hellebuyck.
#ALLCAPS 1-1. A VERY RARE MANGIAPANE GOAL! AFTER HE CHOKED A MF OUT. pic.twitter.com/H3cv42tAS2
— x – Capitals Replays 🍁 (@capsreplays) March 26, 2025
Stats
8-6 Winnipeg in photographs
6-4 Winnipeg in hits
10-4 Winnipeg in blocked photographs
3-3 in giveaways
2-0 Washington in takeaways
Graph: Pure StatTrick
Second Interval
Scoring
19:48, 2-1 Winnipeg: Appleton ripped a wrist shot to the highest left nook over the glove of Thompson from the proper dot after getting a cross-ice move by Niederreiter, who was on the left half-wall.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MASON APPLETON ‼️ pic.twitter.com/efprNcyMlT
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) March 26, 2025
Stats
18-15 Washington in photographs
together with 12-7 within the second
.571 Washington on faceoffs
Washington didn’t rating on their first two energy performs
Winnipeg was held off of the board on their first alternative
10-10 in hits
12-5 Winnipeg in blocked photographs
7-6 Washington in giveaways
Third Interval
Scoring
16:00, 2-2: Ovechkin wristed one over the blocker of Hellebuyck from the proper dot after Protas pressured Schiefele alongside the boards, retrieved the puck, and despatched it throughout. Ovechkin has scored 10 targets in his final 10 video games towards Winnipeg. Ovechkin has scored 19 of his 36 targets this season within the third interval. The 39-year-old’s 57 profession targets versus the Jets/Atlanta Thrashers are essentially the most by an lively participant towards one franchise (passing Pittsburgh Penguins heart Sidney Crosby: 56 vs. Philadelphia Flyers). Protas prolonged his level streak to 5 video games (1-5-6) and his help streak to 4 video games. Van Riemsdyk has recorded 4 factors (three assists) in his final 5 video games and have become the sixth Capitals defenseman to achieve the 20-point mark this season. It marks the primary time in franchise historical past Washington has had six defensemen with 20 or extra factors in the identical season.
#ALLCAPS Alex Ovechkin scores objective #889
He’s on tempo to move Wayne Gretzky on the all-time listing April 15 on the Islanders pic.twitter.com/Qo8Sa5ulzi
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) March 26, 2025
Stats
29-24 Washington in photographs
.56 Washington on faceoffs
Washington failed to attain on two energy performs
17-15 in hits
19-12 Winnipeg in blocked photographs
13-11 Washington in giveaways
7-3 Washington in takeaways
Time beyond regulation
Scoring: 1:28, 3-2 Winnipeg: Ehlers flew down the proper wing and wristed a shot over the blocker of Thompson after getting a stretch move off of the boards by Samberg.
NIKOLAJ EHLERS WINS IT FOR THE JETS IN OVERTIME!#GoJetsGo pic.twitter.com/2M2SNZX4Ds
— Hockey Each day 365 l NHL Highlights & Information (@HockeyDaily365) March 26, 2025
Pictures: 29-25 Washington, however 1-0 Winnipeg in time beyond regulation
Washington’s lead over the Carolina Hurricanes for first within the Metropolitan Division and Jap Convention prolonged to 13 factors with each groups all the way down to 11 video games left within the common season. The group wants any mixture of 10 factors gained by them and misplaced by Carolina to clinch the highest seed within the division and convention.
Graphic: @CapitalsPR
Subsequent recreation: Thursday at Minnesota Wild (7:30 PM ET, ESPN+, Hulu nationally; Monumental Sports activities Community domestically)
By Harrison Brown
