Ovechkin scores late winning goal
The official game recap Colorado Avalanche vs Washington Capitals.Alex Ovechkin scored a spectacular goal with 5:56 remaining in the third period to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Thursday.
Ovechkin, who was held without a point in his previous three games, received a pass from Brooks Orpik and maneuvered past Avalanche defenseman Jan Hejda. He moved in on goalie Reto Berra, fired the puck wide but took the carom off the end boards and scored as he was skating by the net.
The win gave the Capitals a 2-1-0 record on their three-game road trip and ended the Avalanche's winning streak at two games.
The Avalanche tied the game 2-2 at 6:44 of the third period on a goal by Tyson Barrie. Nathan MacKinnon had the puck knocked off his stick in the Washington end, but Gabriel Landeskog made a quick pass through the slot to Barrie, who beat Braden Holtby with a one-timer for his first goal in 13 games.
The Capitals took a 2-1 lead in the second period on goals by Nicklas Backstrom and Jason Chimera, who broke a 1-1 tie at 12:10 with his first goal in 14 games.
Daniel Briere scored for the Avalanche at 2:53 when he converted the rebound of MacKinnon's shot.
Backstrom opened the scoring at 1:04 of the second period with a shot from the right circle. He had a step on Avalanche forward Alex Tanguay when he took a cross-ice pass from Ovechkin.
The Capitals are 8-1-1 when they score the first goal.
The Avalanche tied the game on Briere's goal after rookie Dennis Everberg prevented a potential scoring chance when he moved the puck from the crease and passed to MacKinnon, who skated into the left circle for a shot on goal. Briere was in the slot when he backhanded the rebound into the net.
Tanguay, who leads the Avalanche with seven goals, left the ice and went to the locker room at 7:29 after he was hit in the face by an Ovechkin shot. He missed the rest of the game with what the Avalanche said is a jaw injury.
The Capitals went ahead on Chimera's goal. He beat Berra to the far side with an unscreened shot from the left circle.
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21/11/2014 - 05:30
