• Associated Press

Oct 17, 2025, 09:55 PM ET

WASHINGTON —

“Obviously we try that play quite often, and when it works it looks great,” said Strome, who had two goals of his own. “It doesn’t always work. Just kind of one of those where it just was kind of right in the wheelhouse.”

The Capitals dropped their opener but have won four in a row since, and they’ve allowed only three 5-on-5 goals all season. On Friday, they outshot Minnesota 45-14 in a dominant performance.

It was 24-7 in shots after two periods, but Washington led only 2-1 before Ovechkin gave the Capitals their first multigoal lead of the night.

“Everything that we were doing in the third period was exactly in line with how we want to play,” coach Spencer Carbery said. “The structure, guys were making good decisions, rolling over lines. It was probably our most impressive period given the situation.”