Alex Ovechkin’s two goals carry Capitals past the Penguins, 6-3
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Pittsburgh — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and the streaking Washington Capitals scored the final four goals to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-3, on Thursday night in the first game this season between two of the NHL’s elite teams.
Tomas Fleischmann scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and set up Nicklas Backstrom’s breakaway goal less than a minute later for Washington, which won its fifth in a row and eighth in nine games and improved to 4-0-1 against Pittsburgh during the last two seasons.
The Penguins won when it mattered in the playoffs, beating the Capitals in seven games last season.
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