WASHINGTON (AP) On the night Alex Ovechkin reached one milestone Nate Thompson Jersey , his goal-scoring prowess moved him closer to another.Ovechkin added to his NHL lead with two goals while tying the Washington record for most games played, and the Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday.”In this day and age, there are not a lot of players with the same team. Those days are probably past a little bit,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. ”He’s durable. Those two combinations have had a big impact on the franchise for a long time now.”Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 50 seconds into the game and had two assists. Andre Burakovsky and Lars Eller also had goals for Washington, which leapfrogged Pittsburgh and moved back into first place in the Metropolitan Division. The Capitals had lost two in a row and five of seven.Ovechkin’s 37th goal came on the power play with 9:47 remaining after Buffalo closed to 2-1 on Sam Reinhart’s goal 14 seconds into the third period. Ovechkin redirected a shot past Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner with 1:24 left for his 38th goal.The 32-year-old Ovechkin played in his 983rd NHL game, tying Calle Johansson for most in Capitals history.”I’m getting old, you know?” Ovechkin joked. ”Soon it’s going to be 1,000. That’s a pretty big number for games. I’m pretty happy to reach that milestone with one organization. It’s pretty cool.”Ovechkin holds franchise records for goals (596) and points (1,105). He is four goals from becoming the 20th player in NHL history with 600.”When you get closer, you want it done earlier,” Ovechkin said. ”You’re stuck at 599, you want to pass it. Hoping in a couple of games I will have it done and we move forward.”The Sabres held out forward Evander Kane. He could be dealt by Monday’s trade deadline.”Management thought it was the best decision moving forward and the best decision for Evander,” coach Phil Housley said before the game.Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves for his third win in three starts. Grubauer’s previous victory came against Buffalo, 3-2 on Monday.Washington held off Buffalo after allowing two third-period goals in Thursday’s 3-2 loss at Florida.The Sabres struggled defensively against Washington’s speed.”Focus a little bit more on the defensive end to start the game Authentic Oscar Fantenberg Jersey ,” Reinhart said. ”I think we gave them too much respect.”After receiving the puck outside the blue line, Kuznetsov darted to the left of Lehner, cut across the middle and then patiently held the puck until Lehner committed. Kuznetsov knocked the puck into the open net for a 1-0 lead.Burakovsky’s spectacular goal began with him evading four defenders before nudging a backhand into the left corner.”We didn’t check well enough to take away their speed,” Housley said. ”I just feel there were some guys not ready to play tonight.”NOTES: Buffalo was 5-0-1 in its previous six road games. … Washington won the season series 2-1. … Kane, who can become an unrestricted free agent this summer, ranks second on the Sabres behind injured Jack Eichel with 20 goals. Kane is third in points (44) behind Eichel and Ryan O’Reilly. … Brett Connolly, Dmitry Orlov, Matt Niskanen and John Carlson had assists for Washington. … Buffalo’s last win at Washington came on Nov. 22, 2014.UP NEXTPanthers: Host the Boston Bruins on Sunday evening.Capitals: At the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night.— DALLAS (AP) Reid Boucher and Nic Dowd are near the bottom of Vancouver’s scoring leaderboard, with the Canucks sitting near the bottom of the standings.They combined to help Vancouver pull Dallas down toward the bottom Sunday night.Boucher and Dowd each scored on the power play in a 4-1 win over the reeling Dallas Stars, who are stuck in an 0-6-2 skid.It was the third goal of the season for each of Vancouver’s surprise contributors. Dowd wasn’t even supposed to be on the ice on the power play.”We were short a guy, and he jumped on the ice,” Canucks coach Travis Green said. ”I think I was yelling at him for going out there, and then yelling at him for scoring.”Jake Virtanen scored in the third period Tanner Pearson Jersey , and Tyler Motte added an empty-net goal with 41 seconds left.”It was nice to get contributions throughout our lineup,” Green said. ”Really four young guys getting on the scoresheet was nice.”Dallas’ Mattias Janmark scored a short-handed goal in the first period. Thirty seconds later on the same Vancouver power play, Boucher scored. All three of Boucher’s goals have come in the Canucks’ two games at Dallas.Vancouver shut down the Stars’ line of Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov, who had scored at least one goal in each of Dallas’ previous eight games.”They’re as good as it gets in the league,” Green said. ”We put the (Brandon) Sutter line against them as much as we could. (Goalie Jacob Markstrom) was great, made some big saves on those guys.”Markstrom had 30 saves, including one on a 2-on-1 rush in the first period.”(Michael) Del Zotto did a real good job of kind of forcing them to make a difficult pass,” Markstrom said. ”It was a slow pass to give me time to get over.”The Canucks, tied for 28th in the NHL ahead of only Arizona and Buffalo, won for the second time in 10 games.”You see the guys crack a smile now,” Dowd said. ”Regardless of where you are in the standings, you want to win every single night.”Dowd scored his goal with one second left on a four-minute power play in the second period.The Stars have all but fallen out of playoff contention. With six games remaining, they are five points behind St. Louis for the second wild card from the Western Conference. The eight-game losing streak is the longest since the Stars moved to Dallas in 1993.”We don’t deserve to win right now Carter Hutton Jersey Womens ,” Stars defenseman John Klingberg said. ”We don’t have any confidence at all the way we’re playing right now.”Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock agreed.”I think when your scoring chances are all in the first half of the game and not in the second half, that’s kind of telling,” he said. ”I think losing does that, you do lose confidence.”Jussi Jokinen assisted on the Canucks’ first two goals.NOTES: Vancouver outscored the Stars 10-1 in the two games in Dallas. … Lehtonen stopped 23 shots. … Janmark’s short-handed goal was his second this season, Dallas’ second in two games and the Stars’ sixth this season. Vancouver has allowed six short-handed goals. … Jokinen began his career with Dallas in 2005 and has played for nine NHL teams, including four this season. He had his first two-point game since Dec. 15 for the Kings against the Rangers. … Canucks D Ashton Sautner made his NHL debut as an emergency call-up for Chris Tanev, who was injured in Friday’s game at St. Louis. Sautner was playing for Utica in the AHL, where he had spent all of his three pro seasons. ”I thought he was really good,” Green said. ”He didn’t panic.” … The Minnesota/Dallas franchise has had four eight-game losing streaks. The North Stars lost nine in a row from Jan. 17 to Feb. 4, 1970.UP NEXTCanucks: Begin their final homestand (five games) against Anaheim on Tuesday night.Stars: Finish a three-game homestand Tuesday night vs. Philadelphia.—