Ovechkin moves into top 10 in points in Capitals win against Canadiens

The NHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer has 1,643 points (907 goals, 736 assists) to pass Joe Sakic for 10th place on the NHL career scoring list. His 33rd hat trick tied him with Brett Hull for fourth in NHL history.

Ovechkin scored two seconds into a power play at 1:00 of the first period to extend his goal streak to four games, had an assist, and scored goals 1:53 apart late in the third.

Ethen Frank had two goals and two assists, Sonny Milano scored twice, Dylan Strome had two assists for Washington (11-8-0), which has won three straight and has points in four straight games (3-0-1). Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves

Brendan Gallagher and Mike Matheson each had a power-play goal and an assist for Montreal (10-7-3), which has lost five straight (0-4-1).

Sam Montembeault made seven saves on 10 shots and was replaced after Frank scored his second goal in a span of 1:38 at 3:38 of the second. Jakub Dobes made 18 saves on 22 shots in relief.

Ovechkin put the Capitals up 1-0 with a power-play goal at 1:00 of the first period. The Washington captain got his 905th goal with a wrist shot past Montembeault stick side two seconds after Strome drew the puck back to him off a face-off in the right circle.

Gallagher tied it 1-1 on a power play at 15:47 with his first goal since April 8. Initially waved off, a video review determined the puck had crossed the goal line before it was cleared by Capitals defenseman Matt Roy.

Frank made it 2-1 on a power play at 2:00 of the second when he took Ovechkin’s pass from the right side at the top of the slot and fired a wrist shot past Montembeault glove side.

Frank pushed it to 3-1 at 3:38. He drove the left side to get to a flip pass from Aliaksei Protas and scored on a wrist shot from the left face-off circle that beat Montembeault five-hole.

Joe Veleno drew Montreal within 3-2 at 7:53 with a wrist shot into the top left corner from the right face-off dot.

Jakob Chychrun made it 4-2 at 14:26 when he moved up from the point and drove a slap shot past Dobes’ glove from the left side of the top of the slot.

Nick Suzuki cut the lead to 4-3 at 15:04, firing a huge rebound of Alexandre Carrier’s slap shot from the top of the right face-off circle into a wide open net from the left face-off dot.

Milano gave the Capitals their third two-goal lead when he made it 5-3 at 17:25.

Matheson drew the Canadiens within 5-4 at 5:37 of the third when he scored on a one-timer from the slot on a pass from Cole Caufield.

Ovechkin put Washington up by two for the fourth time at 6-4 with his second of the game at 16:02, a wrist shot over Dobes for his 906th goal. It was Ovechkin’s 1,642nd point, moving ahead of Sakic for 10th place on the all-time list.

Ovechkin got his 1,643rd point when he made it 7-4 at 17:56, scoring into an empty net for his 907th goal, his seventh in six games.

Milano scored at 18:34 for the 8-4 final.

Montreal forward Jake Evans left the game after the second period with an undisclosed injury. Evans went to the dressing room after taking a hard check from Tom Wilson on the play leading up to Chycrun’s goal. He returned to play one 28-second shift to end the period before leaving for good.