Washington scores twice in 3rd to rally past Philadelphia

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Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal as the visiting Washington Capitals nipped the slumping Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night.

Ovechkin now needs 16 tallies to pass Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history, but he needed plenty of help in his one from Lars Eller and Jakob Chychrun, whose third-period goals lifted Washington to its second straight victory.