Dmitry Orlov scored in overtime as the Capitals rallied from three goals down to beat the Islanders 4-3 on Monday night.
— Dmitry Orlov scored at 4:27 of overtime as the Washington Capitals rallied from three goals down to beat theGarnet Hathaway, Tom Wilson and T.J. Oshie scored in regulation after the Capitals trailed 3-0 midway through the second period. Darcy Kuemper had 27 saves to help Washington snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 14-4-2 since Dec. 5.
Sebastian Aho, Matt Martin and Hudson Fasching scored to help the Islanders build their lead early in the second period. Ilya Sorokin finished with 31 saves. Hathaway broke through for the Capitals with his seventh at 10:01 of the middle period. Alex Ovechkin had an assist on the play, extending his team lead to 50 points.
"Charging, boarding, whatever it might be. He took steps,'' Islanders coach Lane Lambert said."We should have been on the power play." "The guys never quit,″ Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said."We lost battles in the first but we started doing things right at the start of the second. To fight back and push, it was really good."
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