Ovechkin out: The Capitals were without captain Alex Ovechkin, who sustained a broken leg in their last game at Utah and is going to miss 4-6 weeks. Ovechkin leads the NHL with 15 goals — he had five in the two games before the injury. He also has 868 in his career, just 26 behind Wayne Gretzky for the all-time lead.

Alexandar Georgiev played one of his best games of the season in the Avalanche’s 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena Thursday night.

Miles Wood scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 2-1.

In their first game without Ovechkin, who is out for four to six weeks with a broken left fibula, the Capitals made changes to two of their four forward lines. Andrew Mangiapane m

Thursday's game against the Colorado Avalanche was a tall order for the Washington Capitals; not only were they tasked with shutting down Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar, but they had to do so without Alex Ovechkin,