Ovechkin extended the lead to 3-1 at 11:05 after a wrist shot from the high slot on a pass from Pierre-Luc Dubois. He then made it 4–1 with his second goal of the game and led the NHL’s 15th of the season on a 5-on-3 power play at 5:38 of the second period.

Ovechkin, who scored a hat trick in a 5-2 win at the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, has 868 career goals. He is 27 away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 goals.

“He has been phenomenal this year and has taken the lead on our team, not only from a leadership standpoint and in the locker room, but on the ice,” Carbery said. “In times when you need games like this, you need guys to step up and score or make a big play, and he’s continued to do that and (is) off to a phenomenal start this year.”

Bjugstad cut the score to 4-2 at 11:44 on a rebound of Nick Schmaltz’s shot.

“It’s a long season,” Utah’s Lawson Crouse said. “We (need) to really learn from it and find a way to move forward.”

Duhaime pushed the score to 5-2 at the 7:30 mark of the third period, scoring from the goal line past Vejmelka’s shoulder.

Aliaksei Protas scored at 9:56 for the 6-2 final.

“Resilience, competitiveness, passion and fire. We just wouldn’t leave,” Carbery said. “It still wasn’t ideal, but given the circumstances; on the road, back-to-back, you knew it wasn’t going to be a great win if we got two points, and I feel like we just had to grind it out.

NOTES: Ovechkin (39 years, 62 days) is the oldest player in NHL history to become the League’s first skater to score 15 goals in a season. Before Ovechkin, the oldest player was Frank Mahovlich (33 years, 304 days on November 10, 1971). … Ovechkin scored against Ingram for the first time in his career, giving him a goal against 178 goaltenders, tying Jaromir Jagr for the most in NHL history. … Ian Cole had an assist for his 200th NHL point (35 goals, 165 assists) in 844 games.