Photo: Patrick McDermott
The Capitals came from three goals down to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 and go into first place in the league standings. TJ Oshie and Alex Ovechkin each had four point nights, with Oshie’s assist to Ovechkin and Ovechkin’s 16th goal of the season amongst the highlights. Nicklas Backstrom’s also reached 600 NHL points with his assist on Oshie’s empty net goal.
Goal 1
2nd 13:49 Alex Ovechkin (Asst: T.J. Oshie, John Carlson)
Goal 2
3rd 07:54 T.J. Oshie
Goal 3
3rd 10:02 Alex Ovechkin (Asst: Jason Chimera, Justin Williams)
Goal 4
3rd 14:16 Marcus Johansson (Asst: T. J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin)
Goal 5
3rd 19:35 T.J. Oshie (Asst: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin)
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