“Both those guys have played good hockey for us, and they deserved to be out there.” “We had them out there because we think they give us a chance to make a real good hockey play, and they did,” Blashill said. Coach Jeff Blashill trusted Raymond - who was coming off a hat trick at Chicago - and Seider on the ice with Larkin, and they validated it by setting up the winner. That’s where some of Detroit’s young skill made a difference. “We expect to score every single time we go out there and that’s obviously not possible, but that’s our goal,” Capitals defenseman and power-play point man John Carlson said of a unit that is 2 of its last 19. Detroit’s penalty kill stopped Washington on a power play midway through the third period to help the game get to OT. Making his fifth start of the season, Vanecek allowed three goals on 25 shots.

“They’re young, they’re fast and they stuck with us.” “They’re a pesky team,” Washington’s Tom Wilson said of the Red Wings. They were lucky to come out of it with a point and have yet to lose this season in regulation. Ovechkin’s goal was the 738th of his career, putting him three back of Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL career list.Īside from those two power-play goals, the Capitals looked out of sorts against a less talented opponent and paid the price for a few defensive zone blunders and bad rebounds. “A big thing for us is just winning those tight games, and that’s going to tell us a lot about how were going to be as a team.”Īlex Ovechkin scored his eighth goal of the season and Evgeny Kuznetsov his fifth to stake Washington to a 2-0 lead. “Every game and every season that goes by is huge for experience and confidence,” Ernie said. This was the kind of game the Red Wings would often try hard and lose in recent seasons, and it mattered to them to come out on top. Adam Erne started the comeback with a goal in the second, and Thomas Greiss made 26 saves for the Red Wings.ĭetroit has won four of its first seven games, showing significant progress in the middle of a long-term organizational rebuild. Larkin beat Vitek Vanecek 1:37 into OT on a goal assisted on by impressive rookies Lucas Raymond and Moritz Seider.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Robby Fabbri tied it early in the third period, captain Dylan Larkin scored in overtime and the Detroit Red Wings came back to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 Wednesday night.

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