Ovechkin nets 1,000th combined NHL season-playoffs goal

The 40-year-old Russian left wing scored his 923rd regular-season career goal from the left faceoff dot with 5:43 remaining in the third period to force overtime. But Brock Nelson netted the winner for the league-leading Avalanche 1:22 into the extra session. Ovechkin, who has 26 goals this season, broke the NHL regular-season scoring record previously held by Wayne Gretzky last April with his 895th goal and now stands 16 shy of Gretzky's combined season-playoff goals total. Gretzky's 122 playoff...