Auston Matthews scored his seventh goal of the season, Joseph Woll made 36 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs handed the Washington Capitals their fourth loss in five games, 4-1 on Tuesday night.
scored his first goal this season and 823rd of his NHL career, moving 71 back of Wayne Gretzky's record. Ovechkin, who would have tied a career-long season-opening goal drought if he hadn't scored, had a game-high 14 shots, including a failed penalty shot.
Ovechkin's offensive contribution on the power play came too late, well after an early goal was disallowed because the league ruled he interfered with Woll and with the Capitals trailing 4-0.Washington's only win so far came in a shootout last week at home against Calgary. This loss came against the team new coach Spencer Carbery spent the past two seasons with as an assistant.
NOTES: Woll is the 170th different goaltender Ovechkin has scored against. ... Ovechkin's goal was his 300th on the power play and 3,000th in Capitals history, giving him 10% of their franchise total. ... With his 13th career penalty shot, Ovechkin tied Vinny Lecavalier for the most in league history. He fell to 2 of 13.
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