NHL roundup: Ovechkin guides Caps past Hurricanes
Alex Ovechkin scored the tying and winning goals as the Washington Capitals rallied for a 5-4 overtime victory against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Ovechkin's 26th goal of the season came unassisted 1:57 into overtime as the Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals snapped Carolina's six-game, home-ice winning streak. Ovechkin tied the game at 4-4 with 7:15 to play in regulation.
Alex Chiasson, Devante Smith-Pelly and Dmitry Orlov also scored for the Capitals, who were playing in their only game of the week.
Carolina (18-13-8) lost its second game in a row following a season-high, four-game winning streak. Victor Rask collected two goals for the Hurricanes, and Elias Lindholm and Teuvo Teravainen also scored.
Lightning 2, Maple Leafs 0
Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his second consecutive shutout and NHL-leading sixth of the season to lead Tampa Bay to a 2-0 road win over Toronto.
Vasilevskiy turned aside 29 shots. Cedric Paquette scored his first goal of the season and Alex Killorn also tallied for the Lightning.
Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots for the Maple Leafs, who lost their third game in a row.
Penguins 5, Flyers 1
Pittsburgh exploded for four goals in the second period to defeat the Flyers in Philadelphia.
Phil Kessel, Ryan Reaves, Conor Sheary, Tom Kuhnhackl and Jamie Oleksiak each scored, while Riley Sheahan and Evgeni Malkin each added a pair of assists for Pittsburgh. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins had dropped seven of their previous 10 games.
Jordan Weal scored for the Flyers, who opened their four-game homestand in shaky fashion.
Sharks 4, Canadiens 1
Timo Meier scored twice and Marc-Edouard Vlasic added a goal and an assist as visiting San Jose defeated Montreal.
The Sharks improved to 7-2-2 in their past 11 games. San Jose goalie Aaron Dell finished with 30 saves while winning his sixth consecutive start. Joe Thornton scored the other San Jose goal and Kevin Labanc added two assists.
Andrew Shaw had a power-play goal for the Canadiens.
Bruins 5, Islanders 1
Five players scored a goal apiece for Boston, which remained red hot with a win at New York.
Danton Heinen scored in the first, Patrice Bergeron scored the go-ahead goal in the second, and Brad Marchand, Tim Schaller and Noel Acciari added to the lead. Boston has won seven of its past 10 (7-1-2). Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask recorded 25 saves in winning his sixth consecutive start.
Jordan Eberle scored for the Islanders, who have lost three straight (0-3-0) and seven of 10 (3-6-1). Goalie Jaroslav Halak made 33 saves.
--Field Level Media
