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WASHINGTON (AP) — With an assist on Tuesday night Scott Darling Jersey , Alex Ovechkin passed Sergei Fedorov as the top-scoring Russian player in NHL history.The Washington Capitals captain picked up his 1,180th point on T.J. Oshie’s goal that opened the scoring in a 3-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks. Ovechkin broke the record in his 1,055th game, 193 games fewer than Fedorov played.“It’s history, and I passed all those legends,” Ovechkin said. “It’s pretty big and I appreciate everybody who do all work with me, my teammates, and it’s huge. When you start playing hockey and you came to the NHL Youth Sebastian Aho Jersey , you just have a dream to score one goal or two and now I’m No. 1 on the all-time Russian list.”Ovechkin and Fedorov played together with the Capitals in 2008 and 2009 and remain friends. Ovechkin said he spoke with Fedorov and is sure the Hockey Hall of Famer is happy he passed him for this record.“I knew eventually it’s going to come, but it’s pretty big,” Ovechkin said. “It’s pretty huge. To be No. 1 on the all-time list, it’s nice.”The 33-year-old from Moscow leads the NHL with 37 goals and paces the Capitals with 58 points. He’s coming off winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP as he led Washington to its first Stanley Cup in franchise history.Ovechkin long ago passed Fedorov for the most goals among Russian-born players. He has 644 goals and 536 assists in his NHL career.“We’re so fortunate to have him here in Washington,” coach Todd Reirden said. “You take for granted what a special, special player he is, not even just here in Washington, but for the whole National Hockey League and how he’s really been that second tier Authentic Teuvo Teravainen Jersey , maybe third tier of Russian players that have come over and now they just continue to turn out players.” TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers not only lost their season opener, they lost goalie Roberto Luongo, too.J.T Miller and Nikita Kucherov scored in the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Panthers 2-1 in the regular-season opener for both teams Saturday night.Luongo departed midway through the second period with a lower-body injury after teammate Frank Vatrano landed on his extended right leg during a scramble in front of the goal. The 39-year-old Luongo, who stopped all 13 shots he faced in just over 32 minutes, needed help to skate off the ice.“He had some ice on his knee,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “I don’t know how serious (the injury is). Hopefully that’s not going to be a long-term thing. They’re going to reassess it and I’ll know more tomorrow.”James Reimer replaced Luongo and stopped 15 shots.“He’s a battler and he’s a workhorse,” Reimer said. “Obviously you saw the position he was in when someone fell on him and you could just tell that it wasn’t an injury you could stay in the game.”Luongo was also shaken up earlier in the second when he took a shot by Steven Stamkos off the mask.Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 42 saves in regulation. He made one save in the shootout and had another shot hit the post.“They’re not all going to be pretty Womens Victor Rask Jersey , but we’ll take it and we’ll move on,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said.The Lightning got a third-period, short-handed goal from Anthony Cirelli.Tampa Bay was held scoreless over the final 159:27 in the 2018 Eastern Conference Final in which eventual Stanley Cup champion Washington rebounded from a one-game deficit to win Games 6 and 7.Jacob MacDonald scored for the Panthers. Florida missed the playoffs by one point last season despite going 25-8-2 after the All-Star break.Cirelli tied it at 1 by beating Reimer with 9:15 to play.MacDonald scored at 5:58 of the first from the left circle on his first shift and shot in his first NHL game. The 25-year-old MacDonald is the sixth NHL player born in Oregon.“That’s obviously your dream, to go out there and have a shift like that,” MacDonald said.Florida center Derek MacKenzie left in the first period with an upper-body injury.NOTES: Kucherov, who had 39 goals and 100 points last season, didn’t have a shot on goal during regulation. . Lightning F Ryan Callahan (shoulder surgery) is starting the season on injured reserve, but could be back in the next month. C Tyler Johnson (upper body) didn’t play Alex DeBrincat Jersey , but should return next week. … Panthers D MacKenzie Weegar (shoulder) sat out, while D Bogdan Kiselevich (jaw), LW Jamie McGinn (back) and D Josh Brown (upper body) are on IR.UP NEXTPanthers: Will honor the inaugural 1993-94 team as part of their 25th-year celebration before Thursday night’s home opener with Columbus.Lightning: Play the second of a season-opening five-game homestand Thursday night against Vancouver.