Kraken beat Capitals 5-3 after Ovechkin's first-season goal

Seattle beat Washington 5-3 on October 11, 2026. Jared McCann scored the go-ahead goal with 5:27 left in the third, and Ryan Winterton added insurance with 2:40 left. Kaapo Kakko, Jordan Eberle and Frederick Gaudreau also scored for the Kraken. Joey Daccord made 33 saves. Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of his final NHL season and the 930th of his career with 3:13 left in the first, beating Daccord glove-side off a feed from the Protas brothers to make it 2-1 Washington. Jordan Kyrou and Boone Jenner scored for the Capitals. Logan Thompson made 22 saves. Daccord became the 190th different goaltender Ovechkin has scored on, an NHL record. The goal was Ovechkin's 298th career go-ahead goal and the first time both Protas brothers assisted together on one of his goals. Ovechkin is the 26th player to score at age 41 or older. Coach Spencer Carbery said anytime he gets on the board is a good thing and that it can snowball into a 10, 12, 15-game stretch. Ovechkin said the line was okay, they take it and move on, and answered no when asked if he savors each goal more. The 9:30 Club posted welcome messages on his 930th goal. No competing claims were identified in the record.