Matt Boldy scored in the second round of the shootout, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday.
Boldy bounced back after hitting the post late in overtime, firing a shot past Charlie Lindgren in the shootout. Marc-Andre Fleury sealed the victory by stopping Alex Ovechkin with a glove save to end the game.
Ovechkin, however, scored on the power play, increasing his career goal total to 871, just 24 goals behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record.
Ovechkin’s goal, a snap shot from above the left circle, tied the game 2-2 with 4:52 left in the second period. It was his 28th goal in 47 regular-season games against Fleury, his most against any goalie.
Tom Wilson and Martin Fehervary also scored for the Capitals, and Lindgren made 30 saves, but Washington’s four-game home winning streak ended.
Ryan Hartman scored a goal and added an assist for the Wild, while Marco Rossi and Yakov Trenin also scored, with Trenin’s goal coming while his team was shorthanded.
Fleury stopped 28 shots for the Wild, who have won four of their last five games and improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven meetings with Washington.
Fehervary gave the Capitals a 3-2 lead at 5:34 of the third period with a slap shot from above the left circle that beat a falling Fleury, who had tripped over the skate of Minnesota defenseman Travis Dermott.
Rossi tied the game with 8:41 left in the third period, deflecting a shot and cleaning up a rebound on the doorstep.
Lindgren lost his stick behind the net while trying to pass the puck past a charging Trenin. The puck deflected off Trenin’s body, and he skated out in front to score, giving the Wild a 2-1 lead with 53 seconds left in the first period.
Wilson opened the scoring for Washington at 10:19 of the first period by cleaning up a rebound. The Wild responded quickly, with Hartman deflecting Zach Bogosian’s shot from the point past Lindgren just 65 seconds later.
