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Chicago regrouped after Washington's Conor Sheary scored on a
one-timer from Alexander Ovechkin with three seconds left in
regulation, tying the game at 4.
Alex DeBrincat scored two power-play goals, including the
go-ahead score with 5:00 remaining, as the Blackhawks had a
season-best three goals on the man advantage.
DeBrincat, Philipp Kurashev and MacKenzie Entwistle scored in a
34-second span in the second period and Marc-Andre Fleury made
42 saves.
The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 46-28 but lost for the
second time in three games.
After playing to a scoreless first period in which Washington
owned a 13-6 advantage in shots on goal, the teams combined for
five goals in the second.
Chicago cashed in on 17 seconds of 5-on-3 time early in the
period, with DeBrincat and Kurashev beating Samsonov 18 seconds
apart. Entwistle punctuated the flurry with a goal at even
strength 16 seconds later.
Lars Eller, Sheary and Ovechkin each had a goal and an assist
for the Capitals. Eller has scored in three straight games.
T.J. Oshie had two assists, Daniel Sprong also scored for
Washington and Samsonov made 23 saves.
Brandon Hagel, Kirby Dach and Patrick Kane had two assists
apiece for Chicago.
Washington welcomed the return of veteran forward Nicklas
Backstrom, who missed the club's first 28 games with a hip
injury that persisted from last season. Backstrom wasted little
time in getting re-acclimated, notching the secondary assist on
Ovechkin's power-play goal that opened the scoring with 16:24
remaining in the second period.
Ovechkin stretched his point streak to six games with the goal,
which marked the 274th of his career on the power play, tying
Dave Andreychuk atop the all-time NHL list.
The Capitals' Evgeny Kuznetsov was placed in COVID-19 protocols
Wednesday and did not play. Kuznetsov ranks second on the team
in points behind Ovechkin.
Teammates Nic Dowd and Trevor van Riemsdyk returned to the
lineup after missing the past four games in COVID protocol.
The Blackhawks swept the season series from the Capitals.
Chicago edged Washington 4-3 in a shootout on Dec. 2.
--Field Level Media
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