WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season and added an assist, Braden Holtby made 32 saves, and the Washington Capitals snapped a three-game skid with a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.
Ovechkin struck just 33 seconds into the game and added a second-period score as he surpassed the 40-goal mark for the seventh time.
Marcus Johansson and Joel Ward (empty net) added third-period goals for Washington, and Holtby picked up his seventh shutout and 30th win of the season.
James Reimer stopped 28 shots for Toronto, which has lost 16 straight road games.
PENGUINS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3
PITTSBURGH -- Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist, and Pittsburgh's revived power play dominated the Columbus Blue Jackets.
David Perron, Steve Downie and Derrick Pouliot also scored for the Penguins, who have won four straight. Sidney Crosby picked up two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots as Pittsburgh sent the Blue Jackets to their sixth straight defeat.
Curtis McElhinney made 36 saves for the Blue Jackets. James Wisniewski, Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno scored for the Blue Jackets.
PANTHERS 4, LIGHTNING 3
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers. Al Montoya made 20 saves, and Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists.
Jagr was acquired in a trade with New Jersey on Thursday for two draft picks. He gave Florida a 1-0 lead when he scored 10:24 into the game.
Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning.
JETS 5, KINGS 2
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Andrew Ladd scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets boosted their playoff hopes in a win over the Los Angeles Kings.
The Jets also got goals from a pair of recent acquisitions, Drew Stafford and Tyler Myers, and held the defending Stanley Cup champions to 20 shots on goal in one of their more complete efforts of the season. Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal.
Jeff Carter scored twice for Los Angeles, and the Kings dropped their third consecutive game after an eight-game winning streak.
DUCKS 3, STARS 1
DALLAS -- Clayton Stoner scored the go-ahead goal in the third period with his first of the season, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Sunday night.
Stoner, who hadn't scored in his first 54 games, put a slap shot from the left point between the legs of Dallas' Jhonas Enroth. The goal was unassisted.
The game was tied at 1 before Stoner's goal at 4:19 of the third. Ryan Getzlaf increased the lead to 3-1 on a breakaway at 14:09.
Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and an assist for Anaheim.