Lost in the excitement of Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scoring his 500th goal — and then his 501st goal — was a fourth straight win for a depleted lineup. The Capitals, the league’s top team in points and winning percentage, might have taken another hit on Sunday night, as winger Andre Burakovsky left the game early after crashing into the end boards awkwardly. Center Michael Latta was a late scratch with an upper-body injury.
Burakovsky, who assisted on the first goal of the game and Ovechkin’s historic goal, had just one shift in the third period before he went back to the locker room with an injury.