Ovechkin scores twice, Capitals douse Flames

The veteran Washington forward scored two power-play goals in the second period to lead the Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the also scored for Washington . The Capitals, with their third straight win, moved into the second wild-card berth in the Eastern Conference, one point up on the idlecontinued his sharp play of late making 34 stops to improve to 18-11-5. Lindgren has been on a roll, winning five of his last six while fashioning a .956 save percentage.

On his 20th goal of the season that made it 2-0 at 5:58 of the second, Ovechkin went to the net where he neatly deflected a hard centring pass frominto the top corner. After pumping his arms in celebration, Ovechkin immediately looked over at Pacioretty and pointed, acknowledging the terrific pass. Just over three minutes later, Washington's red-hot power play struck again, this time it was vintage Ovechkin. Set up at the top of the faceoff circle, stick cocked. WhenOvechkin has 12 goals in 20 games since the all-star break after scoring just nine times in 44 games before that.The Capitals have been aided in their playoff chase by a rejuvenated power play. On Jan. 18, Washington had the league's third-worst power play at 13.3 per cent.

Calgary briefly got back to within two at 10:41 of the second on Rooney's second goal of the season and first in 17 games.Weegar's 16th of the season at 7:12 of the third — third best among NHL defencemen — got the home side back within two again, but that's as close as the Flames would get.for the first time, Ovechkin has goals against 174 different goalies, which is third behind Jaromir Jagr and Patrick Marleau .

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