WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Connor McMichael scored with 37.6 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Washington trailed 2-0 entering the third period before tying it on a pair of goals by Ethen Frank. After the Capitals failed to score on an overtime power play, Canadiens goalie Samuel Montembeault left a rebound on Dylan Strome\u2019s shot and McMichael was able to stuff it home.<\/p>\n
Josh Anderson and Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal.<\/p>\n
Washington won for just the sixth time in 17 games. The Capitals allowed a shorthanded goal in the first, and their power play was so bad in the second fans began booing. But it was Montreal that failed to score on a two-man advantage late in the second, and that left the score at 2-0 heading into the third.<\/p>\n
Matt Roy\u2019s shot from the right circle was deflected in by Frank with 14:54 to play. Then Frank scored on a redirect with 1:54 remaining after the Capitals had pulled their goalie.<\/p>\n
Canadiens defenseman Jayden Struble was shaken up after a big hit by Washington\u2019s Dylan McIlrath in the second. Washington was without injured forward Tom Wilson for a fifth straight game. <\/p>\n
With the Capitals on an early power play, Anderson skated out of his own zone with the puck on a 2-on-1 break and beat goalie Logan Thompson with a wrist shot for a shorthanded goal.<\/p>\n
Gallagher was left with plenty of room near the slot and made it 2-0 in the second.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Canadiens: At Buffalo on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Capitals: Host San Jose on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
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