Alex Ovechkin scored his 19th career regular-season overtime goal in Tuesday's comeback win over Toronto, tying Jaromir Jagr for the most in NHL history.

The Washington Capitals superstar captain now has 995 career points, and continues to demonstrate a penchant for coming up big.

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It was a moving night in the Music City for Shea Weber.

The longtime Nashville Predators blue-liner returned to Tennessee on Tuesday as part of the Montreal Canadiens, his first game back since an offseason deal sent him to Montreal.

His presence certainly didn't go unnoticed, with the Predators honoring their former captain with a video tribute, as local supporters gave a standing ovation of the defenseman who spent the last 11 seasons in Nashville.

"I didn't want to look at the video, to be honest with you," Weber told reporters following the Canadiens' 2-1 overtime win. "I was a little bit afraid I might get emotional."

The hometown fans also got their own moment of reflection, as Weber flexed his offensive prowess that he came to be known for in Nashville, scoring the Canadiens' first goal of the game, a wrist shot tally that defied Nashville netminder Pekka Rinne.

"Obviously, it meant a lot and it was really special," Weber added. "It was special to be back in this building where I spent a lot of years, and even better to pick up the win."

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The kids are more than alright. Try exceptional.

The Toronto Maple Leafs rookies have produced the most offense of any club's first-year group this season.

Following their 37th game of the campaign Tuesday - a 6-5 loss in Washington - Maple Leafs' rookies have been involved in 91 of the team's 112 goals, an astounding 81 percent.

The caveat to the impressive statistic is the Leafs boast more rookies than any other team, as eight skaters have suited up and recorded a point for Mike Babcock this season.

Either way, the breakdown is eye-opening:

That's a grand total of 145 points, which is more than the next three teams' first-year outputs - the Jets (48), Rangers (45), and Blue Jackets (41) - combined.

It's safe to say the youth movement is working.

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Just like old times.

In his first game against the franchise he used to captain, Shea Weber provided some dramatics with a laser wrist shot past Pekka Rinne in the third period.

A smattering of cheers emerged from the crowd, despite Weber wearing opposing colors.

Related: Watch: Predators pay tribute to Weber

Fittingly, the goal was set up by another former - yet much less loved - Predator, Alexander Radulov.

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A troublesome trend is plaguing the growth of the youthful Toronto Maple Leafs.

Despite entering Tuesday's contest versus the Capitals on the high of a five-game winning streak, the Maple Leafs let it all slip away in the final frame again, this time coming away on the losing end.

It marked the eighth time Toronto has squandered a multi-goal lead in the third period, and, remarkably, the fourth game in a row.

The numbers speak for themselves:

Head coach Mike Babcock has harped about the club's need to close out games to take the next step all season long, and while they've been able to come away with some wins recently, Tuesday's contest was evidence that if you play with fire too many times, you will in fact get burned.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cam Atkinson and William Karlsson scored powerplay goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to 16 games - one away from the longest ever in the NHL.

Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets, who can tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins with a victory Thursday night at Washington. The near-sellout crowd chanted ''We want 16!'' as the clock ticked down.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots for Columbus, which started the new year on the right note after winning all 14 games in December. The Blue Jackets haven't lost since Nov. 26 thanks in part to the league's best powerplay unit.

Oscar Klefbom scored for Edmonton, which was limited throughout by Columbus' hard-pressing defense. Cam Talbot had 32 saves for the Oilers.

The Blue Jackets got on the board 12:32 into the first period when Atkinson's shot ricocheted in off the skate of the Oilers' Andrej Sekera. Atkinson added to his team-leading totals of 18 goals and 38 points, and Zach Werenski and Alexander Wennberg got the assists.

"That was a nice bounce," said Atkinson, who has 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in his past 13 games.

Edmonton managed just four shots on goal against a hustling defense in the opening period.

Klefbom evened it 5:39 into the second period with a shot from the slot on an Oilers rush. Shortly afterward, the Blue Jackets' Brandon Dubinsky and the Oilers' Patrick Maroon - who got an assist on Klefbom's goal - slugged each other briefly and went to the box for fighting after Maroon threw a high elbow.

Karlsson, skating for Dubinsky during the fighting penalty, put Columbus ahead 2-1 on another power play 10:43 into the second when he ripped a shot from the middle of the left circle past Talbot. Brandon Saad, who fed Karlsson with a perfect pass, got the assist, along with Seth Jones.

Foligno put Columbus up by two 2:45 into the third period with an unassisted goal after stepping in front of a pass as the Oilers were trying to get out of their zone.

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Auston Matthews: not just a goal scorer.

The Toronto Maple Leafs phenom has 14 tallies in his last 17 games, but his playmaking abilities stole the show in the second period versus Washington Tuesday night.

Matthews evaded a check from Nicklas Backstrom, then deked past Brooks Orpik, before reversing his direction and finding Leo Komarov in front for a tap in, and his second assist of the game.

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