WASHINGTON – Tom Wilson had two goals, Alex Ovechkin scored the 724th of his career and the Washington Capitals held on to beat the New York Rangers 5-4 Sunday for their 10th victory in 11 games.
Ovechkin has 11 goals in those 11 games and leads the team with 18 this season. He's seven shy of tying Marcel Dionne for fifth on the NHL career goal-scoring list.
The Capitals led 4-0 early in the third period on a goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov before a Rangers scoring flurry made things interesting.
T.J. Oshie's deflection goal with 8:14 left that gave him a three-point game proved crucial as it stood up as the game-winner.