NHL NEWS OCTOBER 25, 2022 – OVECHKIN PASSES HOWE

START THE WEEK WITH COMEBACK WINS IN THREE OF SIX GAMES
The Oilers, Capitals and Senators each completed comeback wins en route to victory Monday as half of the games featured a team overcoming a deficit. So far in 2022-23, 46 of the 97 games contested have featured a comeback win (47.4%), after the 2021-22 campaign which concluded with 42% of contests ending in come-from-behind fashion.

• Alex Ovechkin scored one of six Washington goals – his standing as the game winner – and surpassed Gordie Howe (121) for sole possession of second on the NHL’s all-time game-winning goals list in the process. The Capitals captain’s lone marker was the 397th he’s scored on the road, which trails only Wayne Gretzky (402) for the most in League history.
• Leon Draisaitl had 1-2—3 during a four-goal second-period rally as the Oilers (3-3-0, 6 points) battled back from a multi-goal deficit on home ice. Draisaitl’s three-point period was the 13th of his career, which trails only teammate Connor McDavid (16), Patrick Kane (15) and Artemi Panarin (14) for the most among all skaters since his NHL debut in 2014-15.
• Rookie Shane Pinto (1-0—1) found the back of the net for the fifth straight game to help the Senators (4-2-0, 6 points) earn their second comeback win of 2022-23 and extend their season-opening home win streak to four games – tied for the longest such run in franchise history (also 4 GP in 2005-06 & 1997-98). The last rookie on any team to post a longer goal streak than Pinto was Filip Forsberg in 2014-15 (6 GP w/ NSH).

DID YOU KNOW?
Senators goaltender Magnus Hellberg (29 saves) earned his third career NHL win more than 11 years after he was drafted by the Predators in 2011. Since then, Hellberg has tended the net in eight different leagues across Sweden, Russia and North America. After signing a one-year deal with Seattle this summer, the netminder was claimed off waivers by Ottawa in early October, eventually accomplishing a one-of-a-kind feat in his first appearance with the club.

TWENTY TEAMS IN ACTION TUESDAY… BUCKLE UP
A total of 20 teams will be in action on a 10-game Tuesday, including the Blackhawks who will have the opportunity to become the second team in NHL history to record four straight multi-goal comeback wins (also CAR: 4 GP from Oct. 24-29, 2005) when they welcome the Panthers. Meanwhile, Rasmus Dahlin and the Sabres will aim to conclude their four-game road trip with four straight wins when they visit the Kraken.

• Buffalo has the opportunity to sweep a road trip of at least four games for just the third time in franchise history (5-0-0 from Jan. 14-23, 1984 & 4-0-0 from March 21-26, 1979). In fact, the Sabres have won four straight road games only twice in the past 10 years (5 GP from Nov. 8-24, 2018 & 4 GP from Jan. 22 – Feb. 10, 2018).
• Dahlin, who was named the NHL’s First Star of the Week Monday, has 5-3—8 through the first five games of 2022-23 and can become the first defenseman to hit double digits should he post a multi-point outing Tuesday. Only three active blueliners have reached the 10-point mark in a season in six contests or fewer: Morgan Rielly (4 GP in 2018-19), John Carlson (6 GP in 2019-20) and Shayne Gostisbehere (6 GP in 2017-18).