Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 855 and 856 less than two minutes apart, and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth showcase of the sport.

Ovechkin moved 38 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record, scoring two of the seven in the game’s first 25 minutes at Washington. A furious start also included Matt Rempe fighting Dylan McIlrath in his return to the Rangers lineup, electrifying the sellout crowd mixed between home red and visiting blue.

FLYERS 2, BRUINS 0: Samuel Ersson stopped 23 shots, Tyson Foerster broke a scoreless tie early in the second period and Philadelphia won at Boston.

Joel Farabee added an empty-net goal with 24 seconds remaining and the Flyers won in Boston for the first time since a 3-2 victory on April 5, 2021.

Ersson got his sixth career shutout and first this season. He survived a scare about five minutes into the third period when the puck got behind him after glancing off his skate. But he flopped backward on top of it and kept it from crossing the line.

WILD 5, PENGUINS 3: Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots in what will likely be his final game in Pittsburgh as Minnesota beat the Penguins.

Frederick Gaudreau scored twice and Kirill Kaprizov added a goal and two assists. Kaprizov tied the franchise record with his sixth straight multipoint game. Mats Zuccarello and Jakub Lauko also scored.

KRAKEN 8, CANADIENS 2: Defenseman Brandon Montour had three goals and one assist, and Seattle cruised at Montreal.

Jaden Schwartz scored once with two helpers and Chandler Stephenson added four assists as Seattle snapped a three-game losing streak.

SENATORS 8, BLUES 1: Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as Ottawa blew out visiting St. Louis.

The game was delayed 30 minutes due to power outage at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the Senators offense came out fully charged after that.

Josh Norris scored a minute into the game, while Noah Gregor added another just three minutes later before Stützle — who snapped a six-game goalless drought — added his first of the game.

Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to record his second victory of the season.

The Senators chased Blues’ starting goalie Joel Hofer after he let in five goals.