NHL ROUNDUP | Tuesday’s other games

Capitals 6, Senators 3

WASHINGTON — Mike Green had two goals and an assist, Michael Nylander and Brooks Laich both added a goal and an assist for Washington. Green, Nylander and Laich each scored during a four-goal first period for Washington, which beat Ottawa for the second time in four days. The Capitals topped the Senators 8-6 on Saturday. The Capitals pressured Ottawa throughout that game and did the same thing in the first period of this one. Washington got 15 of its 26 shots in the first period and created numerous scoring chances. Viktor Kozlov scored the other first-period goal. Boyd Gordon sealed the victory with an empty-net goal in the third period. Washington’s Alex Ovechkin added two assists. Olie Kolzig recovered from a shaky start to finish with 31 saves. Chris Neil and Dean McAmmond both had a goal and an assist for Ottawa, 0-3 against the Capitals this season. In the three losses, Ottawa has given up 18 goals. Ottawa (25-10-4) scored twice in the game’s first five minutes, but Washington took command with five consecutive goals over a 15:37 stretch. Chris Neil gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead on a breakaway 1:54 into the game. Dean McAmmond made it 2-0 at 4:46 before the Washington offense awakened. The Capitals got goals from Kozlov, Nylander and Green in a stretch of 2:19 to take a 3-2 lead just 7:34 into the game. Green’s goal came 35 seconds after Nylander scored and ended Ottawa goalie Martin Gerber’s day. Gerber allowed three goals on just eight shots. He has allowed 10 goals on just 37 shots against the Capitals this season. Washington stretched the lead to 4-2 when Laich beat goalie Ray Emery on a back-hander from his knees with 4:15 left in the first period. Green scored on a power-play goal in the first minute of the second period to put the Capitals up 5-2.

Maple Leafs 4, Lightning 3, SO

TORONTO — Scott Clemmensen stopped Brad Richards and Martin St. Louis in the shootout to lift Toronto. Tomas Kaberle and Mats Sundin scored for the Maple Leafs, who won their first shootout game of the season. Sundin, Jason Blake, and Hal Gill also had goals in regulation for Toronto. Andreas Karlsson, Martin St. Louis and Paul Ranger scored for Tampa Bay, which has lost eight of its past nine and remains the NHL’s worst road team. Blake hadn’t recorded a point in eight games before coach Paul Maurice put him on a line with Sundin and Alex Steen for Tuesday’s game. Blake responded with a goal and two assists for his second three-point game with the Maple Leafs. Maurice gave Clemmensen his first start of the season. Clemmensen had spent most of the season in the American Hockey League before getting called up after starter Vesa Toskala went down with a groin injury. It was Clemmensen’s first NHL win since Feb. 25, 2007, when he was Martin Brodeur’s backup in New Jersey. The 30-year-old didn’t have to be spectacular, but he was solid when tested and shut the door after Vincent Lecavalier scored on Tampa Bay’s first shootout attempt. Karlsson opened the scoring at 13:29 of the first period with his first goal of the season. He took a nice pass from Jan Hlavac and batted it into the goal. Toronto took control in the second period. Blake got things started at 3:23 after taking the puck at the side of the goal and banking a shot in off Lightning goalie Karri Ramo. It was Blake’s sixth goal of the season. Sundin put the Maple Leafs up 2-1 with his team-leading 18th goal at 9:39. The captain took a pass from Blake and broke in alone down the wing before faking a shot and sending the puck over Ramo. The lead was short-lived. St. Louis tied the game just 29 seconds later off a faceoff in the Maple Leafs zone when Vinny Prospal beat Leafs defenseman Pavel Kubina to the puck and fed him in front. Gill’s second goal of the season at 17:27 put Toronto back in front.

Associated Press