Tuesday in the NHL | An 18th season of 30 goals for Alex Ovechkin

The Capitals defeat the Red Wings 2-1

Alex Ovechkin became the first player in National Hockey League history with 18 30-goal seasons in a 2-1 win for the Washington Capitals against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.

Ovechkin and Dylan Strome scored just over a minute apart in the second period and Charlie Lindgren made 42 saves. “Ovi” thus surpassed Mike Gartner, who reached the plateau of 30 goals 17 times.

The Capitals ended a six-game losing streak, their longest of the season. This victory allowed the team from the American capital to overtake the Red Wings by one point and seize the last position giving access to the playoffs in the Eastern Association.

Patrick Kane scored with 1.1 seconds left in the game. Alex Lyon stopped 21 pucks for the Red Wings.

The Capitals and Red Wings are in the midst of a five-team fight for the final two playoff spots in the East. The Red Wings haven’t participated since 2016.

Larry Lage, Associated Press

The Islanders score 3 goals in 1^D and defeat the Rangers 4-2

Bo Horvat scored a goal and added an assist and the New York Islanders used a three-goal spurt in the first period to win 4-2 against the New York Rangers on Tuesday.

Semyon Varlamov finished his evening of work with 32 saves. Mike Reilly, Kyle Palmieri and Anders Lee were the other Islanders scorers.

Noah Dobson had two goals and became the second back in club history with 60 assists in a season, after Quebecer Denis Potvin. The latter achieved the feat four times.

It was a fifth straight victory for the Islanders, who are moving closer to qualifying for the playoffs.

Chris Kreider and Adam Fox moved the power play strings for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin stopped 25 pucks, but the visitors’ streak ended at three victories.

Mika Zibanejad left the game in the third period after a collision with Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech. He did not return to the game after that.

Scott Charles, Associated Press

Matthews scores again in Maple Leafs’ 5-2 win over Devils

Auston Matthews scored his 66^e goal of the season to help the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Tuesday night.

With his goal, Matthews moves even closer to the 70 mark, he who could become only the ninth player in the history of the league to achieve the feat in the same season.

The defeat confirms the Devils’ elimination for the playoffs.

Mark Giordano and Tyler Bertuzzi scored two goals nine seconds apart late in the second period to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 lead.

Nicholas Robertson also scored and Joseph Woll blocked 18 pucks.

Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils and goaltender Jake Allen stopped 32 shots.

Matthews scored his 66^e goal at 7:33 of the final period. The forward has scored in six consecutive games.

The Devils also announced Tuesday that star forward Jack Hughes will miss the rest of the season since he will have shoulder surgery this week.

Hughes, who scored 27 goals and totaled 74 points in 62 games this season, will undergo surgery on Wednesday by the D^r Peter Millett in Vail, Colorado.

“During recent conversations with Jack, his family and his representatives, it has been determined that Jack should be held out of action for the remainder of this season in order to undergo shoulder surgery,” he said. we read in a press release.

Tom Canavan, Associated Press

A “Michigan-style” goal for Andrei Svechnikov, the Hurricanes defeat the Bruins 4-1

Andrei Svechnikov scored a “Michigan” goal to open the scoring and the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Tuesday.

Svechnikov, who also had an assist, surprised goaltender Jeremy Swayman by lifting the puck with his stick behind the goal before placing it in the top corner in the second period. It was his 19^e fillet of the season.

Teuvo Teravainen, Jake Guentzel and Seth Jarvis also found the back of the net in this fifth victory in six games for the Hurricanes. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 pucks.

The Hurricanes have now won 50 games this season and moved to within three points of the New York Rangers for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Charlie McAvoy scored the only goal for the Bruins, who had won their last four games. Swayman finished the game with 22 saves.

Doug Alden, Associated Press

Anthony Stolarz blocks 25 shots as Panthers shut out Senators 2-0

Anthony Stolarz stopped 25 shots and had an assist in a 2-0 win for the Florida Panthers against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Anton Lundell and Nick Cousins ​​scored for the Panthers, who blanked the Senators for the third time this season.

Joonas Korpisalo stopped 28 shots for the Senators, who will miss the playoffs for a seventh straight season.

Stolarz got his second assist, and fourth of his career, when he came out of his net to intercept an opponent’s clearance. He then made a long pass to Lundell, who escaped and beat Korpisalo to open the scoring.

It was a 12^e net this season for Lundell, who hit the target on the power play.

Cousins ​​made it 2-0 in the first period with his seventh of the campaign.

It was the ninth time in Panthers history that a goaltender had an assist at the same time as a shutout.

This season, Linus Ullmark achieved the feat with the Bruins on April 2.

Tim Reynolds, Associated Press

Stamkos hat trick in Lightning’s 5-2 win over Blue Jackets

Steven Stamkos scored a hat trick and had an assist, league leading scorer Nikita Kucherov had three assists and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday.

Anthony Cirelli and Stamkos scored 16 seconds apart to give the Lightning a 4-2 lead early in the third period. Stamkos completed his 13^e career hat trick into an empty net to make the score 5-2.

Stamkos is the first Lightning player to score more than one goal in three consecutive games. He is the sixth in league history aged at least 34 to do so.

Brayden Point also scored in the victory and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy blocked 30 shots.

Kirill Marchenko scored twice for the Blue Jackets, while Jet Greaves stopped 28 pucks.

Johnny Gaudreau got his 500^e mention of career assistance. He is the second player after Kucherov to reach this plateau among players selected in the 2011 draft.

Mark Didtler, Associated Press

Joe Pavelski makes the difference for the Stars, who defeat the Sabers 3-2

Joe Pavelski scored the goal that gave the Dallas Stars the lead by deflecting a shot in a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabers on Tuesday.

The 27th^e Pavelski’s goal of the season broke a 2-2 tie in the second period. He touched the puck with his stick following a shot by Chris Tanev to make the red light sparkle.

Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston also scored in this 50^e victory for the Stars. Thomas Harley had two assists for the Texas club, which has won 10 of its last 11 games.

Jake Oettinger stopped 19 pucks and the Stars moved to within one point of the New York Rangers and first place in the overall National Hockey League standings.

Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin responded for the Sabres. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 22 saves.

Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press

Kyle Connor scores in overtime, Jets win 4-3 against Predators

Kyle Connor scored 1:52 into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Tuesday.

With the point of defeat in overtime, the Predators still got their ticket to the playoffs.

Mark Scheifele scored a goal and added two assists for the Jets. Gabriel Vilardi and Dylan DeMelo also threaded the needle.

Connor Hellebuyck made 45 saves, which is a season high for him. The Jets thus won a fourth game in a row.

Tommy Novak, Spencer Stastney and Ryan O’Reilly provided the Predators’ response. Juuse Saros stopped 18 shots and his team suffered a fifth loss in seven games.

Kiefer Sherwood and Roman Josi each contributed two goals.

Jim Diamond, Associated Press