WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 500th and 501st goals to become the 43rd NHL player to reach the milestone and the Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 7-1 on Sunday night.
Ovechkin reached the mark in vintage fashion, scoring from just beyond the left hash marks during a second-period power play to give the Washington Capitals a 5-1 lead.
Teammates mobbed Ovechkin, and he got an extended standing ovation and took a skate around the rink, acknowledging the cheering crowd that included his parents. He later drew another roar while waving to fans from the bench.
Washington now has won four straight overall and 10 consecutive home games.
Justin Williams, T.J. Oshie, Zach Sill, Dmitry Orlov and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Jason Chimera and Nicklas Backstrom each had three assists, and Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves.
Mike Hoffman had Ottawa's lone goal, and Andrew Hammond stopped 29 of 36 shots (see full recap).
Blackhawks rout Avs for 7th straight win
CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa each scored two goals and the Chicago Blackhawks rolled to a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night that extended their season-high win streak to seven.
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Jonathan Toews had a goal and two assists to help Chicago chased Semyon Varlamov and improved to 18-5-1 at home. Brandon Mashinter scored his second career goal and Corey Crawford had 34 saves.
The Blackhawks (58 points) moved within four points of idle Dallas for the top spot in the Western Conference.
Matt Duchene had two goals and an assist for Colorado, which had won three in a row and four of six. Nathan MacKinnon also scored and Calvin Pickard finished with 13 stops in relief of Varlamov, who had 16 saves (see full recap).
Reinhart's hat trick helps Sabres beat Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Sam Reinhart scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.
Former Jets forward Evander Kane had an assist on Reinhart's empty-net goal in his first game against the team that traded him Feb. 11 in a multi-player deal.
Marcus Foligno also scored for Buffalo, and Linus Ullmark made 42 saves.
Blake Wheeler and Mathieu Perreault scored for the Jets, and Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 25 shots (see full recap).