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01/03 21:03 CST Blackhawks drop Capitals to 0-5 in shootouts, beat Washington
in 6 rounds for a 3-2 win
Blackhawks drop Capitals to 0-5 in shootouts, beat Washington in 6 rounds for a
3-2 win
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Nick Foligno scored in the sixth round of a shootout to
give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on
Saturday night.
The Capitals fell to 0-5 in shootouts this season. Sonny Milano gave Washington
a brief lead when he scored in the fifth round, but former Capitals forward
Andre Burakovsky tied it for the Blackhawks. Then Jakob Chychrun failed to
score for Washington and Foligno ended it.
Ryan Donato and Teuvo Teravainen scored for Chicago in regulation, and Dylan
Strome and Ryan Leonard scored for the Capitals. Leonard tied it with 8:42 left
in the third period.
The Capitals lost forward Tom Wilson, who was picked earlier in the week for
Canada's Olympic team, in the first period to an apparent leg injury.
Washington was also without forward Aliaksei Protas because of a lower-body
injury.
The Blackhawks have won back-to-back games for the first time since
mid-November. Washington earned points in 13 of 14 games from Nov. 15 through
Dec. 11, but the Capitals are just 3-6-2 since.
This was Washington's first meeting with Chicago since April 4, when Alex
Ovechkin scored twice against the Blackhawks to tie Wayne Gretzky's career
record of 894.
Donato opened the scoring after just 73 seconds in the first period when he
tipped in a shot by Ilya Mikheyev. Strome answered when he put away a rebound
off a shot by Ethen Frank.
Teravainen flipped the puck over sprawling goalie Logan Thompson on a
second-period power play for a 2-1 lead.
Up next
Blackhawks: Host Vegas on Sunday.
Capitals: Host Anaheim on Monday night.
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