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The Canucks avoided their first three-game
losing skid of the season.
Nic Dowd and Alex Ovechkin replied for the Capitals, who have
one win in eight outings (1-5-2). Goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped
26 shots in a goalie battle decided by a costly defensive
miscue.
Washington's Connor McMichael, who had a couple of golden
chances in overtime -- including a breakaway -- sent an errant
pass in his own zone that Miller intercepted in the right circle
before ripping home a quick shot only a few ticks before the
buzzer.
Twice the Capitals staked a lead and twice the Canucks replied.
Dowd opened the scoring 68 seconds into the clash when he drove
to the net and redirected Nicolas Aube-Kubel's pass for his
first goal in 11 games and eighth of the season.
Garland responded at 11:09 of the first period when he drove
down the right wing and whipped a shot into the far side for his
ninth of the campaign.
Ovechkin netted his 13th of the season at 7:37 of the second
period when a pass attempt ricocheted into the net off a
defender's skate. The Washington captain tallied in his fifth
consecutive game and notched the 835th of his career in his
chase to catch Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 894.
However, Hoglander made it a 2-2 game 71 seconds later by racing
around a defender and, from in close, lifting a back-handed shot
for his 16th goal of the season.
The Canucks were without defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who served
the first half of a two-game suspension for a hit to the head in
Saturday's loss to the Detroit Red Wings
--Field Level Media
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