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12/03 00:59 CST Beauvillier's tiebreaking goal sends Capitals past Kings 3-1,
into 1st place with 5th straight win
Beauvillier's tiebreaking goal sends Capitals past Kings 3-1, into 1st place
with 5th straight win
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Anthony Beauvillier scored the tiebreaking goal early in
the third period and Logan Thompson made 24 saves in the Washington Capitals'
fifth straight victory, 3-1 over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
Tom Wilson scored his 16th goal and Alex Ovechkin had two assists for the Caps,
whose 8-1-0 surge since mid-November has moved them into a first-place tie atop
the Metropolitan Division with Carolina, which has two games in hand.
Aliaksei Protas added an empty-net goal for Washington, which opened a
California road trip featuring three games in four nights by sweeping its
season series with Los Angeles.
Adrian Kempe scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 shots for the Kings, who have
lost five of seven. Los Angeles had earned points in five straight games before
failing to mount much significant offense against Thompson and the Caps.
Wilson opened the scoring when he tapped in a puck sent into the crease by Ryan
Leonard during a power play late in the first period. Wilson has six power-play
goals this season, while the rest of the Washington roster has combined for
seven goals on one of the NHL's worst man-advantage units.
The Kings evened it when they burned the Caps in transition early in the second
period, with captain Anze Kopitar feeding Kempe for his ninth goal. The $85
million Swedish forward scored in his second straight game after getting just
one goal in his previous 10 games.
Connor McMichael started the sequence leading to Beauvillier's goal when he
blocked a shot in the dying seconds of a Los Angeles power play. Ovechkin came
out of the box and created an odd-man rush with the loose puck, and McMichael
fed Beauvillier for the tap-in on his sixth goal.
At Ovechkin's urging, the Capitals all lined up after the game to shake hands
with Kopitar, who is retiring after this season.
Up next
Capitals: At San Jose on Wednesday.
Kings: Host Chicago on Thursday.
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