Ovechkin pulled the Capitals within 6-4 at 9:11 of the third period when he got position at the top of the crease and deflected Rasmus Sandin’s shot from the left point down between James Reimer’s pads. Ovechkin, who also had two assists, has 37 goals in 57 games for the Capitals.

Alex Tuch and Tage Thompson each scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 8-5 on Sunday.Ryan McLeod, Sam Lafferty, Jac

Washington Capitals’ forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 37th goal of the season against the Buffalo Sabres Sunday afternoon, giving him his 890th career goal and putting him just five away from Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record.