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The forward scored in the second period and added an empty-net
goal to tie Jaromir Jagr (766) for third place all-time.
Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom became the ninth pair of
teammates to play 1,000 NHL games together.
Nic Dowd scored the go-ahead goal for Washington, and Nick
Jensen had three assists. Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves.
Elias Lindholm scored twice for Calgary, which saw its 13-game
home point streak end. Dan Vladar made 22 saves.
Dowd gave the Capitals their first lead of the night at 11:50 of
the third period, when he grabbed a loose puck along the boards,
deked a defender and fired high past Vladar from the left circle
to make it 4-3.
Ovechkin increased the lead to 5-3 at 18:12 and Lindholm scored
on a deflection to make it 5-4 with 40 seconds left.
Oliver Kylington scored on a slap shot through traffic from the
left point to give the Flames a 3-2 lead at 3:45 of the third
period, but Anthony Mantha tied it 3-3 at 8:21 with a wrist shot
from the right circle on the rush.
The Flames took a 1-0 lead at 9:40 of the first period when
Johnny Gaudreau entered the zone leading a 3-on-1 rush and fed
across the slot to Lindholm, who scored on a quick wrist shot
from the right circle.
Calgary took advantage of a poor clearing attempt by Jensen.
Andrew Mangiapane slid a backhand pass to Adam Ruzicka, who made
it 2-0 at 8:54 of the second period.
Conor Sheary corralled a loose puck off a rebound and scored
from the high slot to pull the Capitals within 2-1 at 10:27.
Sheary has four goals and two assists in his past four games.
The Capitals tied it 2-2 when Evgeny Kuznetsov poked the puck
away from Sean Monahan and Ovechkin shot it past Vladar from the
left circle at 13:23.
--Field Level Media
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