'Great 8' joins elite list of snipers

Ovechkin becomes fourth-fastest to reach 600-goal plateau in NHL

WASHINGTON - Make it 600 goals and counting for Alex Ovechkin. And give the Washington Capitals two more points in the tough Eastern Conference playoff race.

Ovechkin - aka 'The Great 8' - scored twice in another historic performance and Evgeny Kuznetsov had the overtime winner as the Capitals edged the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Monday night.