WASHINGTON
Alex Ovechkin made the most of a quick opportunity to make up for a shootout miss.
Ovechkin scored in regulation and the tiebreaker, lifting the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
The 32-year-old Ovechkin missed his shootout try during Wednesday night’s 1-0 loss to the New York Rangers.
Lars Eller and Brett Connolly also scored for the Capitals, who snapped a threegame losing streak and won their 12th consecutive game over the Bruins.
Washington also ended a scoring drought that lasted almost nine full periods and overcame deficits of 2-0 in the first period and 3-2 in the third.
David Backes scored twice for the second time this season, but Boston lost for the third time in its last 12 games. Noel Acciari also scored for the Bruins.
Washington’s Braden Holtby and Boston’s Anton Khudobin each made 31 saves.
Connolly tied it at 3 with 8:38 left in the third when he attempted a centering feed toward Tom Wilson at the crease. Instead, the puck caromed off a Boston player and over the line before Khudobin could stop it.
Ovechkin had the only successful shootout attempt, finishing into the top right corner.
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