During Thursday’s 3-2 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin opened the scoring with a power-play goal exactly six minutes into regulation.
That was Ovechkin’s 18th power-play goal against the Penguins in 71 career games.
Only forward Mike Gartner, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who played for the Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes, has scored more power-play goals against the Penguins.
In 90 games versus the Penguins, Gartner scored 20 power-play goals.
OT piling up
The Penguins went beyond the bounds of regulation for the fifth time in their past six games, having lost three of those contests.
This season, the Penguins are 4-9 in games that go to overtime or a shootout.
Heinen heating up
Forward Danton Heinen opened the scoring for the Penguins at 2 minutes, 37 seconds of the second period. It marked his second consecutive game with a goal.
During Tuesday’s 7-6 overtime home win against the Florida Panthers, Heinen had a goal and two assists.
Before Tuesday, Heinen had gone 34 consecutive games — not including the seven games in which he was a healthy scratch — between goals.
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