Capitals celebrate Alex Ovechkin's record, wrap up top seed - ESPN

WASHINGTON — The Capitals wrapped up the top spot in the Eastern Conference in a 5-4 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes while celebrating new goals king Alex Ovechkin in Capital One Arena for this first time.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored the shootout winner after the Capitals rallied from a 2-0 deficit on Thursday night, then blew a 4-2 lead with Carolina's Jordan Martinook and Seth Jarvis scoring in the third period to tie it. That came after Washington's scoring spree in the second, with Dylan Strome, Nic Dowd and Tom Wilson all putting goals past Frederik Andersen.

Ovechkin assisted on Strome's goal, his 26th of the season, after being in a pregame ceremony for scoring his 895th career goal to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record on Sunday at the New York Islanders. The arena introduced Ovechkin pregame before showing the crowd a video of the historic goal and fans were able to cheer the Capitals legend for the first time at home.

Ovechkin and his family were then presented with a series of gifts, including an engraved gold stick commemorating breaking the goal record and a six-foot sculptural painting of a puck with his image on it. The ceremony ended with a team photo before players from the Hurricanes lined up to shake Ovechkin's hand one-by-one.

Carolina, who is locked into second place in the Metropolitan Division and a first-round matchup against New Jersey, managed to get overtime but lost their fourth in a row. Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake also scored, and Andersen allowed four goals on 28 shots in regulation.

Brandon Duhaime and Jalen Chatfield dropped the gloves early to settle a score from the teams' game last week. The Capitals were unhappy with Chatfield's takedown of Connor McMichael at the end of