All eyes were on Alex Ovechkin needing two goals to reach 700 in his career. Dallas Mavericks diy t shirt transfers The other No. 8 on the ice scored twice instead.

Ovechkin scored his 699th goal to close in on another milestone, but the Washington Capitals dropped their third in a row, losing 4-3 in overtime to the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. After Ovechkin was thwarted on a 1-on-1 opportunity early in the 3-on-3 OT, Canadiens No. 8 Ben Chiarot obtained his second of the game seconds later to end it.

Ovechkin was on the ice for more than 22 minutes and put six shots on net. He beat Carey Price off a faceoff win by longtime running mate Nicklas Backstrom 7:29 into the game and had another quality chance on a bang-bang play in the third period.

But the Russian superstar will have to wait to become the eighth player in NHL history to get to 700.

Washington has lost five of its past six games and seven of 10, falling out of first place in the Metropolitan Division. One-color logo iron on transfers The Capitals are also 1-4-1 at home since the All-Star break.

Goaltender Braden Holtby allowed goals to Shea Weber, Brendan Gallagher and two to Chiarot on 32 shots, but he wasn't chiefly responsible for the loss. The same defensive woes that plagued the Capitals over the past several weeks came back to haunt them against the Canadiens.

Montreal got two breakaways in the opening moments and could've had a multi-goal lead if not for big saves by Holtby, who continues to perform well. There wasn't much he could do on Weber's goal through traffic, Gallagher's in front or Chiarot's go-ahead goal 30 seconds in to the third when the defenceman experienced plenty of time to shoot the puck off the crossbar and in.

Veteran defenceman Brenden Dillon, brought in to help fix some issues, was on the ice for two Canadiens goals in his Capitals debut after a trade Tuesday from San Jose. He was paired with Norris Trophy contender John Carlson, who turned the puck over seconds before Chiarot's first objective.

Cost stopped 29 of the 32 shots this individual faced, and the Canadiens snapped a five-video game skid, winning for the first Custom NFL Logo Iron on Embroidered Patches time since Feb. 8.