AROUND THE NHL | Recaps of Monday’s games

Capitals 3, Coyotes 2, OT

WASHINGTON

John Carlson scored the winner in overtime as the Washington Capitals came back to beat the Arizona Coyotes for their first three-game winning streak of the season. Carlson scored with 45.4 seconds left on the clock in overtime, his first goal in 16 games, after T.J. Oshie whiffed on his shot attempt. Devante Smith-Pelly and Alex Ovechkin scored in regulation for Washington, which got 24 saves from Braden Holtby. Clayton Keller scored his rookie-best 11th goal of the season and Christian Fischer added another for Arizona. Coyotes goalie Scott Wedgewood was one of the best players on the ice with 37 saves on 40 shots.

Bruins 5, Wild 3

BOSTON

Jake DeBrusk and Frank Vatrano each scored a first-period goal, and the Boston Bruins held off Minnesota for their third victory in the last 11 games against the Wild. Sean Kuraly and Torey Krug both scored in the second for the Bruins, shut out in two matchups versus Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk last season. Tuukka Rask stopped 24 shots for Boston, including a right-pad save on Mikael Granlund’s penalty shot with 13:05 to play. Eric Staal, Nino Niederreiter and Granlund each had a goal and for the Wild, who lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time this season.

Rangers 5, Blue Jackets 3

NEW YORK

Michael Grabner had two goals and the New York Rangers scored four times in the third period to rally past the Columbus Blue Jackets night for their fourth straight victory. Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Kreider and Pavel Buchnevich scored in the third for the Rangers, with Mika Zibanejad getting an assist on all three goals. New York trailed 2-0 before Grabner scored his first of the game at 12:41 of the second. He sealed it on an empty-netter with 49 seconds left. Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves as the Rangers improved to 7-7-2 this season. Artemi Panarin, Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored for the Blue Jackets in the finale of their three-game road trip.

Maple Leafs 4, Golden Knights 3, SO

TORONTO

Mitch Marner scored in the shootout to lift Toronto to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night after the Maple Leafs blew a two-goal lead. Marner was the first skater in the tiebreaker and went out wide to the left before cutting in toward the net, forcing Maxime Lagace to commit with a deke before tucking the puck past him. Nazem Kadri had two goals and James van Riemsdyk also scored for Toronto, which led 3-1 after one. Frederik Andersen made 22 saves and stopped three skaters in the shootout.

Jets 4, Stars 1

DALLAS

Mark Scheifele scored in the opening minute and final seconds, and Blake Wheeler had four assists to help the Winnipeg Jets beat the Dallas Stars. Patrik Laine scored on the power play and Kyle Connor also had a goal for the soaring Jets, who are 8-1-3 in their last 12 games. Connor Hellebuyck (8-0-2) made 33 saves for the win. Scheifele has five goals in two games against Dallas, including a hat trick in Winnipeg last Thursday. Late in the first period, Winnipeg had a 2-on-1 break after Stars defenseman Dan Hamhuis fell. Wheeler passed across to Connor on the left side for a 3-0 lead.

Associated Press