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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice to reach 26 goals this season, Charlie Lindgren stopped all 27 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Sunday to move back into a playoff position.

VANCOUVER — Conor Garland has long been impressed with his Vancouver Canucks teammate Nils Hoglander. On Saturday the rest of the hockey world took notice, too.

MONTREAL — The second Ilia Malinin took the ice on Saturday night, he decided he would try to play the ace up his sleeve. "I knew that this could be the best skate of my life,” he said. “Or it could go terribly wrong.

Saturday's Scoreboard NHL Vancouver 4 Calgary 2 Toronto 6 Edmonton 3 Ottawa 5 New Jersey 2 N.Y. Islanders 6 Winnipeg 3 N.Y. Rangers 4 Florida 3 (SO) Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 St.

TORONTO — Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews were front and centre on the marquee heading into Saturday. Two superstars redefining their sport poised for a mouth-watering matchup. A couple of Toronto's depth players took centre stage instead.

CALGARY — Oliver Tulk scored two goals and added two assists, while teammate Reese Hamilton had a goal and four assists as the Calgary Hitmen knocked off the visiting Swift Current Broncos 6-3 in Western Hockey League action on Saturday at the Scotia

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, Kyle Kuzma made some big baskets down the stretch to compensate for a rough shooting performance and the Washington Wizards handed the Toronto Raptors their 10th consecutive loss

VANCOUVER — A lack of intensity stopped the Vancouver Whitecaps from writing some franchise history Saturday night.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Thomas Chabot and Mathieu Joseph each scored and had an assist to help the Ottawa Senators snap a three-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.

TORONTO — Another win for Toronto FC, with a feel-good subplot of debut Major League Soccer goals for rookie wingback Tyrese Spicer and German forward Prince Owusu.