Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night in a showdown of the top two teams in the NHL that lived up to that billing.

Ovechkin tied the score with 7:39 left, setting off “Ovi! Ovi!” chants from a sellout crowd. His 24th goal of the season keeps him on pace to challenge Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 this spring.

Josh Morrissey scored his second goal of the game 1:57 into OT to extend the Jets’ winning streak to six games. Cole Perfetti, Dylan Samberg and Alex Iafallo also scored in regulation for the Jets.

Washington lost back-to-back games for the first time since Dec. 16 and 17.

PANTHERS 5, BLACKHAWKS 1: Sam Reinhart got his 30th goal of the season and added two assists, Matthew Tkachuk scored for the third time in the last four games and Florida beat Chicago.

Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues and Jonah Gadjovich also scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 shots.

The win was the 900th regular-season victory as a coach for Florida’s Paul Maurice, who is the fourth to hit that milestone. The others: Scotty Bowman (1,244), Joel Quenneville (969) and Barry Trotz (914).

Chicago got the fastest goal in franchise history for a quick 1-0 lead, with Landon Slaggert scoring just 7 seconds into the contest.

BRUINS 6, RANGERS 3: David Pastrnak scored three goals and added an assist to lead Boston to a victory over New York, spoiling J.T. Miller’s return.

Miller scored twice in his first game with the Rangers one day after they reacquired him from Vancouver in a multiplayer deal.

PENGUINS 3, PREDATORS 0: Sidney Crosby scored in his fourth straight game, Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and Pittsburgh beat Nashville.

Crosby added an assist for his 484th multi-point game. Only six players in NHL history have more multi-point games.

ISLANDERS 3, LIGHTNING 2, OT: Tony DeAngelo converted on a breakaway 33 seconds into overtime to lift New York to their seventh straight win by beating Tampa Bay.

Kyle Palmieri and Adam Boqvist, in his Islanders’ debut, also scored for New York while Ilya Sorokin finished with 28 saves.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, OILERS 3: Joseph Woll stopped 45 shots, Matthew Knies and Mitch Marner each had a goal and an assist and Toronto survived a frantic finish to beat Edmonton.

William Nylander and Bobby McMann also scored and Auston Matthews had two assists to help the Maple Leafs snap a three-game losing streak during which they had only scored three goals. Nylander reached 30 goals for the fourth straight season.

Evan Bouchard, Zach Hyman and Corey Perry as Edmonton battled back after falling behind 3-0.

SENATORS 6, WILD 0: Leevi Merilainen stopped 16 shots for his third shutout of the season as Ottawa routed Minnesota.

Jake Sanderson had a goal and three assists, Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson and Brady Thachuk also had multipoint games for the Senators, who went 4-0-0 on their homestand.

RED WINGS 3, FLAMES 1: Cam Talbot stopped 33 shots as Detroit won its fifth straight game.