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Carl Hagelin , The Canadian Pressmade 33 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Sunday night for their seventh consecutive victory., the Capitals killed off all five minor penalties they took and won despite being outshot 34-18. They haven't lost since adding Hagelin and Jensen to their lineup before the trade deadline.
Washington's porous penalty kill was the biggest threat to its bid to repeat, but it has suddenly become a strength. The defending Stanley Cup champions have killed off 16 consecutive penalties over their past five games and are 19 of 21 with Hagelin and Jensen. Hagelin atoned for a penalty of his own with his second goal in eight games since being traded — matching his total in his first 38 games this season with Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.added an empty-netter for the Capitals, who now lead the Metropolitan Division by four points.
Copley hadn't started in two weeks, but made the most of a somewhat surprising decision to give him the nod over. Seven of Copley's saves came on the penalty kill against an opponent that put up eight goals on Carolina two days earlier.scored Winnipeg's only goal on a shot Copley had little chance of stopping.
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