Alex Ovechkin scored with 6:26 left as the Washington Capitals equaled a franchise record with their 10th straight win Sunday, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. The reigning two-time league most valuable player slid on one knee and into the boards to celebrate his 35th goal of the season, a shot from the slot that beat Mike Smith to the stick side. The score rescued the Capitals after Washington blew a two-goal lead. Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Laich also scored for the Capitals, whose double-digit winning streak matches the team mark set Jan. 27-Feb. 18, 1984. Washington has outscored opponents 47-21 during this run. Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos scored for Tampa Bay. Penguins 2, Red Wings 1, SO: At Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby scored in both regulation time and in a shootout as Pittsburgh overcame Jimmy Howard's second successive 46-save game to beat Detroit in the rivals' first game since Pittsburgh won Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Daniel Cleary's deflection of Brad Stuart's slap shot midway through the third period sent the game to overtime, where Pittsburgh survived playing short-handed for the final 1:21. Crosby and Malkin then scored against Howard in the shootout, while both Red Wings shooters – Pavel Datsyuk and Jason Williams – failed against Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 23 saves. The Penguins are 7-0 in shootouts. Rangers 3, Avalanche 1: At Denver, Marian Gaborik had his 10th career hat trick and rookie Chad Johnson made 34 saves for his first NHL win as New York snapped a five-game losing streak. The hat trick was Gaborik's first since he had five goals for Minnesota against the Rangers on Dec. 20, 2007. He joined the Rangers as a free agent over the summer after spending his first eight seasons in Minnesota. Kings 3, Devils 2: At Newark, New Jersey, Wayne Simmonds and defenseman Drew Doughty scored in the final 1:46 to give Los Angeles its sixth straight victory. Coyotes 4, Stars 2: At Dallas, Shane Doan had a goal and two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov made 38 saves as Phoenix stretched its winning streak to four games in Coyotes coach Dave Tippett's return to Dallas. Panthers 2, Islanders 0: At Sunrise, Florida, Tomas Vokoun made 33 saves for his career-high seventh shutout of the season, and Jordan Leopold and Keith Ballard scored for Florida.
