The Washington Capitals defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Nic Dowd, Ryan Leonard and Jakob Chychrun scored for Washington, and Tom Wilson sealed the win with an empty-net goal in the final minute. <\/p>\n
The victory closed out a 3-1 homestand for the Capitals, who looked sharp from the opening faceoff after falling behind early in Sunday\u2019s loss to Vancouver.<\/p>\n
Brandon Duhaime helped set up the game\u2019s first goal midway through the first period. <\/p>\n
Entering the zone along the right side, he passed to defenseman John Carlson, who found Dowd open in front for an easy redirect.<\/p>\n
Washington extended its lead early in the second period. <\/p>\n
Leonard, who hit the post in the first, scored just 25 seconds into the period, firing a wrist shot past Seattle goalie Matt Murray from the high slot. <\/p>\n
A little over a minute later, Chychrun scored on the power play to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n
Seattle broke up the shutout bid in the third when Jaden Schwartz scored his third goal of the season. <\/p>\n
The Kraken nearly cut the deficit further during a power play shortly after, but Jani Nyman\u2019s shot hit the post, and he couldn\u2019t capitalize on the rebound.<\/p>\n
The loss marked Seattle\u2019s second straight regulation defeat after opening the season with points in five straight games. <\/p>\n
The Kraken are 1-2-2 on their six-game road trip with one game remaining Thursday in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
For Washington, Alex Ovechkin picked up an assist on Chychrun\u2019s goal but remained two shy of 900 career goals. <\/p>\n
The Capitals have now scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games after struggling early in the season with the man advantage.<\/p>\n
At 20 years and 273 days old, Leonard became the youngest Capitals player to score in consecutive games since Nicklas Backstrom accomplished the feat in 2008.<\/p>\n
Tuesday also marked a milestone for head athletic trainer Jason Serbus, who worked his 2,000th professional game. <\/p>\n
The team honored him after the win with fist bumps on the ice.<\/p>\n
Kraken play at Winnipeg on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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