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Kasperi Kapanen’s OT goal lifts Penguins past Capitals

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Kasperi Kapanen scored on a one-timer 1:43 into overtime, lifting the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Capitals in Washington on Tuesday night.

The Penguins won for the fourth time in five games against the Capitals this season, including two in overtime and one in a shootout.

They also won for the eighth time this season after entering the third period tied or trailing. They moved a point back of the second-place Caps in the Eastern Division.

“It’s a big win for us, especially against these guys who are up at the top,” Kapanen said. “It’s a good feeling to be able to help the team win and see the smiles on your teammates’ faces. It’s been a while since I scored, so that’s always a little bit of a confidence booster, too.”

Kapanen and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Evgeni Malkin scored his fifth goal of the season. Tristan Jarry stopped 20 shots.

Conor Sheary and Richard Panik scored for Washington, which led for only 22 seconds all night. Vitek Vanecek made 34 saves.

It was Sheary’s third goal in five games and No. 5 on the season.

“I think tonight we kind of had a slow start,“ said Sheary, who has six goals in eight career games against the Penguins. “I don’t know what it was, maybe heavy legs or something like that. But I think we got going a little bit better in the second and then the third was kind of an even period I thought. I think we obviously will take a point, but we know we have better.”

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