Aliaksei Protas scored his second purpose of the sport at 2:23 of time beyond regulation and the visiting Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 for his or her tenth consecutive highway win.
Protas took a drop cross from Dylan Strome and beat Jet Greaves with a wrist shot from above the precise circle.
The Capitals, whose highway streak is a franchise document, lead the league with 11 comeback victories this season.
Charlie Lindgren made 32 saves, together with three in time beyond regulation, for the Capitals, who’re 12-1-1 of their previous 14 video games versus the Blue Jackets. Jacob Chychrun had two assists.
Zach Werenski scored for the Blue Jackets, who’ve misplaced 5 of six (1-4-1). Greaves, who was recalled from the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, made 35 saves in his first NHL sport this season.
Columbus was 1-for-5 on the ability play; Washington was 0-for-1.
Werenski gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead at 14:12 of the second interval. With Columbus on its fourth energy play of the sport, Werenski took a cross at heart level from Kent Johnson, skated ahead and fired a wrist shot via visitors.
It was Werenski’s a hundredth profession purpose and he turned the primary defenseman in franchise historical past to achieve the milestone and the eighth Blue Jackets skater to achieve the mark. He additionally prolonged his residence level streak to eight video games.
Protas tied the rating 31 seconds into the third interval. Pierre-Luc Dubois carried the puck down into the left circle after which handed to Protas for a one-timer from the slot.
Protas has 5 factors (three objectives, two assists) in his previous three video games.
Lindgren made a stellar swinging stick save to rob Kirill Marchenko in entrance of the crease halfway via the third interval. Greaves answered with a collection of saves across the 13:30 mark to maintain the sport tied.
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