Tom Wilson scored his second goal of the game after 1:09 of overtime as the Washington Capitals defeated the Ducks 3-2 at the Honda Center on Wednesday night.
Martin Fehervary also scored, Darcy Kümper made 21 saves and the Capitals won for the second time in three games in six games.
“If we play together and play for each other, we can win some games,” said Wilson. “You just have to start collecting, and who knows?”
Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist, Troy Terry scored in his fourth straight game, and the Ducks’ three-game winning streak came to an end. John Gibson made 36 saves.
“I thought tonight we were actually better than our last game,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said, referring to a 4-2 victory over Chicago on Monday after a four-game win on the East Coast.
The Capitals needed a win to stay in the busy Eastern Conference wild card race given their recent struggles, and Wilson made sure they took both points with a rebounding shot between Gibson’s legs from TJ Oshie, who refused during the extra three shot middle pass-on-three ice hockey.
“It just seemed like their guys kind of lost me, and I saw the seas parting, so I thought I’d try netting,” Wilson said. “I was just trying to get what I could and I think I’ll keep going through his legs, but we’ll take it.”
Wilson took an eight-second 2–1 lead in the third minute, burying a one-timer in the slot after Trevor van Riemsdyk kicked off a poor clean-up attempt on the blue line.
Zegras scored 20 goals in his second straight season as he tied the game at 2–2, grabbing Mason McTavish’s putback at 4:17 just after a power play ended.
Zegras was benched late in the second half after being handed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for shouting at officials, but Eakins was pleased with how Zegras “put his emotions back on the ice” after external and internal discipline was channeled” .
“He has a lot of passion for the game,” said Eakins. “He cares and we just try to put that emotion into his game and not into the referees.”
Source: LA Times
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