Then Ovechkin leveled the game inside the final two minutes of the period, reaching a loose puck after an unforced turnover and beating Vladar to his near post on a break down the left.

The Capitals closed to 3-2 when Fehervary took a pass from Tom Wilson and beat Vladar inside his right post from near the opposite faceoff circle. Lindholm and Kuznetsov traded short-handed goals on either side of the first intermission. He stopped 13 straight shots before he was beaten in overtime.

Samsonov replaced Vitek Vanecek to start the second period. Ovechkin moved to 735 career goals, bringing him within six of Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL list. We will fix that, but, at the same time, we answered the bell.” “We have a lot of fun out there, and that’s why we have so much success.”Īlex Ovechkin scored his fifth goal and had an assist for the Capitals, who remain unbeaten in regulation but have lost both their overtime games this season.Įvgeny Kuznetsov posted his fourth goal to begin Washington’s comeback, and Martin Fehervary scored his first in the NHL.

“It’s always a pleasure playing with a playmaker like that and a skilled guy,” Lindholm said of Gaudreau. NHL top prospect Connor Bedard draws comparisons to Connor McDavid as draft approaches

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