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WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and Matt Hendricks scored in the third period and goalie Braden Holtby made 40 saves in the Washington Capitals’ 2-1 comeback victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.
The Capitals ran their winning streak to seven with their fifth straight win over Carolina this season.
Ovechkin scored his 28th goal of the season to extend his points streak to seven games.
Carolina’s Tuomo Ruutu scored late in the second period to briefly give his team the lead. The Hurricanes are two points behind the New York Ranges for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Red Wings 2, Oilers 1, OT
DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk scored with 42 seconds left in overtime, and Detroit beat Edmonton after tying it on a lucky deflection in the final minute of regulation.
Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk held the Red Wings at bay until Nicklas Lidstrom’s shot from the point deflected off Edmonton’s Andrew Cogliano high in the slot and slid into the net with 24.8 seconds left.
In overtime, Datsyuk took a pass from Johan Franzen, dragged the puck around a sliding Oiler and beat Dubnyk with a wrist shot.
Kings 4, Blue Jackets 2
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Anze Kopitar had his second career three-goal game and Jonathan Bernier stopped 32 shots for Los Angeles, handing Columbus its seventh consecutive loss.
Kopitar picked up the hat trick by the midpoint of the second period. He was in the penalty box for hooking, but got out just in time to receive Dustin Brown’s seeing-eye stretch pass at the blue line. Kopitar then deked goalie Steve Mason before scoring easily on the forehand.
Devils 3, Thrashers 2, OT
ATLANTA — Travis Zajac scored on a power play 4:18 into overtime for surging New Jersey.
Zajak also had a power-play goal in the second period, and Ilya Kovalchuk added his 25th goal — also on a power play — for New Jersey. The Devils have won five of six and are 21-3-2 since Jan. 8.
Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Thrashers. Atlanta, which has just three regulation wins in its last 33 games, has lost three of five.
New Jersey is 11th in the Eastern Conference, a point behind the Thrashers.
Islanders 4, Bruins 2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Matt Moulson, Michael Grabner and Jack Hillen scored in a 6-minutes span in the second and third periods to help New York rally to beat Boston.
P.A. Parenteau added an empty-net goal, and Al Montoya made 26 saves for New York.
Nathan Horton and Zdeno Chara scored for the Bruins. Chara, booed every time he touched the puck, was playing his second game since his devastating check to Max Pacioretty that sent the Montreal left wing to the hospital with a severe concussion and non-displaced fracture of the fourth vertebrae Tuesday night.
Senators 2, Lightning 1
TAMPA, Fla. — Curtis McElhinney made 34 saves in his debut for Ottawa to beat Tampa Bay.
McElhinney was claimed off waivers from the Lightning on Feb. 28. He never played for Tampa Bay, which obtained him four days earlier in a trade with Anaheim.