The Russian established the final score to 5–2 against Toronto away, with a goal in an empty net when the opponents pressed to reduce.
The 39-year-old is playing his 20th season in Washington and had scored 868 goals in his career before the match. He has a good chance of reaching the legendary Wayne Gretzky's 894 goals, possibly already this season.
Ovechkin's Swedish teammate Rasmus Sandin assisted on the 3–2 goal.
In tonight's round, New York Rangers suffered another loss, this time Tampa Bay won with 6–2.
The Manhattan team, including Swedish forward Mika Zibanejad, is now last in the table in their conference in the league.
In Tampa Bay, Victor Hedman reached a milestone. The Swedish defenseman played his 1,083rd game, the most of all in the team's history after 16 seasons in the club.
Mikael Backlund became the game-winner for his Calgary away against San Jose. The Swedish center scored his seventh goal of the season when he gave Calgary a 2–1 lead 6:50 into the second period.
When San Jose hunted for an equalizer in the final minutes, Jonathan Huberdeau put the puck in an empty net with one second left of the game, establishing the final score to 3–1.
