Salt Lake City – Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin tied one NHL record in his pursuit of another before leaving during the third period with an apparent left leg injury.
Ovechkin scored twice on Utah goaltender Connor Ingram on Monday night, making Ingram the 178th different goaltender he has scored on in his 20-year NHL career. He is tied for the league record with Jaromir Jagr. His first goal came with 8:55 left in the first period. He struck again 5:38 into the second.
Karel Vejmelka replaced Ingram in the net for Utah immediately following Ovechkin’s second goal.
Ovechkin went to the Capitals’ bench with an apparent lower leg injury 5:30 into the third after colliding with Utah forward Jack McBain and crumpling to the ice.
On Sunday night, he tied Patrick Marleau for the second most in NHL history by scoring on former Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov.
With Monday’s goals, Ovechkin needs only 27 goals to surpass Wayne Gretzky for the NHL career-goals record. The 39-year-old Russian has tallied 15 goals through 18 games, moving him up to 868 career goals in his 20th season.
He’s scored five in the last two games alone. Ovechkin’s two goals helped the Capitals to a 6-2 win over the Kraken.
PWHL returning to Detroit March 16
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is returning to Detroit.
The league on Monday launched the PWHL Takeover Tour, a slate of nine regular-season, neutral-site games that includes a game at Little Caesars Arena between the defending champion Minnesota Frost and the New York Sirens on Sunday, March 1, 2025.
Last year, Detroit drew a crowd of 13,736 in hosting one of the league’s two neutral-site games — with the other played in Pittsburgh.
This year’s tour will begin in Seattle on Jan. 5 and conclude in St. Louis on March 29.
“The PWHL Takeover Tour lets us showcase our game and exceptional athletes across a wider North American footprint — an exciting moment for our players and an important move for our business as we consider expansion,” said Amy Scheer, PWHL senior vice president of business operations.
Wings assign Campbell to Griffins
The Detroit Red Wings assigned goaltender Jack Campbell to the Grand Rapids Griffins on Monday.
Campbell cleared waivers after he returned from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. The 32-year-old entered the program on Oct. 4 to receive care indefinitely.
In July, Detroit signed Campbell to a one-year contract worth $775,000. Before entering the Player Assistance Program, he appeared in one pre-season game for the Red Wings against the Buffalo Sabres, where he allowed two goals on 22 shots for a .909 save percentage in 24:46 of ice time.
The Port Huron native made his NHL debut in 2013 after being selected in the first round (11th overall) by the Dallas Stars in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
The netminder, who has previously suited up for the Stars, the Los Angeles Kings, the Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers, has made 176 career appearances since 2013, with a 93-52-18 record and a save percentage of .909.
In the AHL, Campbell has a 2.72 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and a 117-82-28 record through 235 regular-season games.
More Monday NHL games
▶ Colorado 3, (at) Philadelphia 2: Cale Makar scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt scored one and Justus Annunen had 24 saves to lead the Avalanche to victory in a game where a referee was stretchered off the ice.
Makar is off to a sensational scoring start for a defenseman. He beat Aleksei Kolosov for his seventh and eighth goals of the season and now has 27 points in 19 games.
Leading 2-0 in the third, Mittelstadt scored his seventh goal of the season. Owen Tippett and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers in the third to bring it to 3-2.
▶ Columbus 5, (at) Boston 1: Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a three-goal first period that ended with the Boston fans booing their own team off the ice.
Justin Danforth also scored a short-handed goal, making it 4-1 midway through the third period. Yegor Chinakhov made it 5-1 with about six minutes left, bringing out more boos and sending most of the remaining fans to the exits.
James van Riemsdyk and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for Columbus, and Elvis Merzļikins stopped 29 shots.
Charlie Coyle scored Boston’s only goal, and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves as the Bruins lost their third straight game.
▶(At) Montreal 3, Edmonton 0: Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as Montreal blanked Connor McDavid and Edmonton.
Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle and Jake Evans – into an empty net – scored for Montreal, which matched its longest winning streak of the season with a second consecutive victory.
Montembeault earned his second shutout of the campaign after a 48-save showing against Toronto in the season-opener.
Calvin Pickard made 22 saves for Edmonton. The Oilers lost their second in a row after falling 4-3 in overtime to Toronto on Saturday.
▶ Anaheim 4, (at) Dallas 2: Brett Leason had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points, Lukas Dostal stopped 34 shots and Anaheim held on to beat Dallas.
Olen Zellweger, Cutter Gauthier and Jackson LaCombe also scored for the Ducks, who saw a 3-0 lead in the third period shrink to one goal before getting consecutive wins for the first time this season. Dostal won for the first time since Oct. 29, snapping a personal 0-4-1 streak.
Esa Lindell and Matt Duchene scored for the Stars, who snapped a three-game winning streak and lost at home for the first time in eight games this season. Casey DeSmith finished with 24 saves.
Michigan-area hockey schedule
Monday
Sharks 5, Red Wings 4 (OT)
Thursday, Nov. 21
Islanders at Red Wings, 7
Michigan State at NTDP U18, 7
Indiana Tech at Michigan women, 8
Friday, Nov. 22
Iowa at Grand Rapids, 7
Michigan at Penn State, 7
Western Michigan at Minnesota Duluth, 8
Minnesota State at Michigan Tech, 7
Green Bay at NTDP U17, 7
Michigan women at Indiana Tech, 7
Saturday, Nov. 23
Bruins at Red Wings, 7
Michigan at Penn State, 7:30
Western Michigan at Minnesota Duluth, 6
Minnesota State at Michigan Tech, 6
Green Bay at NTDP U17, 7
Adrian College at Michigan State Women, 2
Sunday, Nov. 24
Iowa at Grand Rapids, 4
Michigan State Women at Adrian College, 4
