John Tavares put the puck in the net off a slick William Nylander feed.
Mitch Marner scored the goal-ahead goal in the third period and Anthony Stolarz made 29 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Florida Panthers 3-2 in a key matchup atop the Atlantic Division standings Wednesday.
Josh Samanski has competed for the German national team at two world junior ice hockey championship tournaments.
Ovechkin missed six weeks this fall with a broken left leg but has scored 12 goals in his last 18 games.
Calgary dropped to 5-2-1 in its last eight games and fell to six points out of the second wild-card berth in the Western Conference.
After a slow start, Edmonton began to find its game late in the first period and then scored all three of its goals in the second.