COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Alex Ovechkin had an assist on the go-ahead goal in what perhaps will be the final game of his record-breaking career and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Tuesday night in the season finale for both teams.<\/p>\n
Ovechkin had the second assist on Jakob Chychrun\u2019s power-play goal with 4:07 remaining in the third period. He finished the season leading the Capitals with 32 goals and 64 points<\/p>\n
Anthony Beauvillier also scored for Washington and Clay Stevenson stopped 27 shots.<\/p>\n
Boone Jenner scored for Columbus and Jet Greaves made 19 saves.<\/p>\n
Ovechkin \u2014 the league\u2019s all-time leading goal scorer with 929 \u2014 is in the final season of his contract and said he is waiting until after the season<\/a> before deciding on his future.<\/p>\n The Capitals have failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for just the fifth time since Ovechkin was drafted in 2004.<\/p>\n The 40-year-old Russian became the fifth player age 40 or older in NHL history to play in all 82 regular-season games. The last one to do it was Jaromir Jagr with the Florida Panthers in 2016-17.<\/p>\n It is the fifth time in 21 seasons Ovechkin has not missed a regular-season game.<\/p>\n The Blue Jackets were in last place in the Eastern Conference when Rick Bowness replaced Dean Evason as coach on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n Columbus went 18-2-4 in Bowness\u2019 first 24 games and moved into a playoff spot after collecting a point in 12 straight games. The Blue Jackets went 3-9-1 down the stretch though and have missed the postseason for the sixth straight season.<\/p>\n Jenner snapped a shot from the slot that beat Stevenson on his blocker side 27 seconds into the second period.<\/p>\n Beauvillier evened it 10 minutes later when he got behind the Blue Jackets\u2019 defense, took a long pass from Trevor Van Riemsdyk and beat Greaves with a wrist shot on the breakaway.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n