Ovechkin nets goal No. 750 of career

Alex Ovechkin scored his 20th goal of the season and the 750th of his NHL career to help the Washington Capitals beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 Saturday night and snap a two-game skid.

Ovechkin became the second-fastest player to reach the 750-goal mark, doing so in his 1,222nd regular-season game. Wayne Gretzky, whose record of 894 Ovechkin is chasing, got to 750 in 1,001 games.

Ovechkin joined Marcel Dionne, Jaromir Jagr and Mats Sundin as the only players to score 20 or more goals in each of his first 17 seasons in the NHL.

After ending a two-game goal drought, Ovechkin now trails Jagr by 16 goals for third on the career list.

Red Wings 4, Islanders 3 —

Moritz Seider scored 3:33 into overtime and Detroit handed New York its 10th straight loss.

Filip Hronek, Sam Gagner and Givani Smith also scored for the Red Wings, who won their season-high fifth straight. Alex Nedeljkovic had 20 saves.

In the extra period, Seider scored on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Pius Suter.

Predators 4, Canadiens 3 —

Filip Forsberg scored with 11.1 seconds remaining in overtime, giving Nashville a victory over Montreal.

Eeli Tolvanen, Tanner Jeannot and Luke Kunin also scored, and Juuse Saros made 20 saves for Nashville.

Jake Allen made 40 saves for Montreal, which has lost five of six.

On the winner, Forsberg took a cross-ice pass from Mikael Granlund and sent it past Allen.

Panthers 4, Blues 3 — Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and Florida rallied from three onegoal deficits to beat St. Louis.

Ville Husso made a careerbest 48 saves for the Blues.