Washington Capitals at Seattle Kraken

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Washington Capitals

33-10-5

Final
3 - 0

Seattle Kraken

21-25-3

Ovechkin moves within 20 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, Capitals beat Kraken 3-0

Ovechkin scored his 22nd goal of the season to push his career total to 875. Gretzky scored 894 goals in the NHL.

Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves in his first start since Jan. 10 for his first shutout of the season — and the NHL-leading Capitals' third in five games after Logan Thompson blanked Anaheim and Ottawa in consecutive games last week.

Aliaksei Protas and Ethen Frank also scored.

Joey Daccord made 30 saves for Seattle in his fifth straight start and 100th NHL game.

Takeaways Capitals: Trevor van Riemsdyk and Jakob Chychrun assisted on Ovechkin’s empty-net goal with 3:28 left. ... Pierre-Luc Dubois extended his point streak to three games with an assist.

Kraken: Seattle has been shut out six times this season.

Key moment With 16 seconds remaining in the second period, Lindgren stopped Oliver Bjorkstrand on a breakaway.

Up next Both teams are back in action Saturday. The Capitals are at Vancouver, and the Kraken host Pittsburgh.

Regular Season Series

WSH leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 4:36	Aliaksei Protas Goal (20) , assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 18:05	Ethen Frank Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 16:32	Alex Ovechkin Goal (22) Wrist Shot, assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk (14), Jakob Chychrun (19)

Statistics

WSH		SEA
22	Blocked Shots	8
8	Hits	16
7	Takeaways	7
32	Shots	22
0	Power Play Goals	0
0	Power Play Opportunities	1
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
32	Faceoffs Won	20
61.5	Faceoff Win Percent	38.5
21	Giveaways	21
1	Total Penalties	0
2	Penalty Minutes	0

Seattle Kraken Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Brandon Montour, D	Out	Dec 20
Jared McCann, LW	Injured Reserve	Dec 13
Berkly Catton, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 9
Jaden Schwartz, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 29
Max McCormick, LW	Out	Sep 30