Carrick gave New York a 2-1 lead at 8:05 of the second. K’Andre Miller kept the puck in at the left point. Carrick went uncovered into the slot, got the pass from Miller on his forehand and scored with a backhanded shot.
New York was trying to protect the one-goal lead in the third period, but was forced to go on the penalty kill when Jones hooked Lars Eller at 8:56, preventing the Capitals forward from a Grade-A scoring chance from the slot.
“I liked everything we were doing in the third up until they got on the power play,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “Up until that point I thought the third, it was in check with where we wanted to be, and they scored a power-play goal to tie it up.”
Ovechkin scored with Jones in the box, making it 2-2 at 10:28 by scoring from the bottom of the left circle.
“Great job on the face-off, great battle and the puck came to me,” Ovechkin said. “It was nice to put it in.”
Connor McMichael played the puck into the slot off the right-wing wall. Andrew Mangiapane tapped it to Ovechkin, who came through the left circle and one-timed it past Shesterkin.
“There’s another example of nothing really going on and he just has a flair for the dramatic in a key moment in the game,” Carbery said. “The puck squirts to him and he makes no mistake. That’s a huge goal for our team, huge goal on the power play.”
It was Ovechkin’s 636th goal in a win, passing Gretzky (635) for the most in NHL history. It was his 32nd career game-tying goal in the final 10 minutes of regulation, tying Gretzky for the most in NHL history.
“He seems to score every time on a big stage in a big moment,” Carlson said, “and he did that tonight.”
Wilson and Strome delivered on the 2-on-1 in overtime to end it.
Wilson gave the puck to Strome, who pulled it back to avoid Braden Schneider‘s attempted stick check and then fed it back to Wilson, who redirected it in as he was attacking the net at the right post.
“I wanted to get the puck to ‘Stromer’ just because he’s got such good poise and he’s such a great facilitator with the puck,” Wilson said. “I knew if it was open he’d try to get it back. I made sure if he was going to pass it back that I would put it in. He made an amazing play and left me with an open net.”
NOTES: The Capitals earned their 40th win in the 62nd game of the season, the fourth-fewest games needed to reach the mark in franchise history. … The win drew Washington even with the Winnipeg Jets for the most points in the NHL this season (88).
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