Mantha gave the Capitals a 1-0 lead at 18:24 of the first period when he deflected Ovechkin's centering attempt past Merzlikins on a power play. Merzlikins stopped Martin Fehervary's backhand attempt on a 2-on-1 rush midway through the overtime and then got into a scuffle with right wing Tom Wilson in the crease that resulted in the Washington power play. Washington is 5-1-2 in its past eight games.Ĭole Sillinger and Yegor Chinakhov scored for Columbus, and Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves. John Carlson had three assists, Ovechkin also had an assist and Charlie Lindgren made 35 saves. It was his 26th overtime goal, the most in NHL history.Īnthony Mantha scored twice for Washington, which had defeated the New York Islanders 3-2 on Tuesday night on Strome's overtime goal. Ovechkin took a cross-ice pass from Dylan Strome and scored on a wrist shot from the left circle. Alex Ovechkin snapped a career-long, 14-game scoring drought when he scored with 53 seconds left in overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the host Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

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