In Washington, DC, Charlie Lindgren made 25 saves for the Capitals in a 4-1 win over visiting Seattle Kraken on Friday.
“It seems like three games in a row we’ve just played amazing hockey,” Lindgren said. “Honestly, I think it’s been fun to play goal for this team all year long, but especially the last few games we’ve just been playing incredible. Can’t get complacent, we’ve got to keep on going to work.”
Adam Larsson was the lone striker for the Kraken.
Seattle dropped to 15-8-3.
Larsson scored at 17:51 of the first period to give the Kraken a 1-0 lead.
“I thought the start was there today,” Larsson said. “We had a really good first period and they were better the second. The third was kind of even and it’s 2-1 game [with] three minutes left, four minutes left. The game was right there for us.”
The Caps’ Anthony Mantha tied the game, 1-1, early i the middle frame.
Marcus Johansson put Washington up, 2-1, at 13:15 on a power play goal after the Kraken’s Jamie Oleksiak was assessed a match penalty for a stick to the head.
Lars Eller hit for an empty-net goal to make it 3-1 at 18:54 of the third.
Alex Ovechkin scored an empty-net goal with four seconds left in the game for the 4-1 final.
Philipp Grubauer made 34 saves. in the loss.
“I think we had some great moments,” Grubauer said. “I think we’ve got to get back to playing 60 minutes the way we can and making sure we are putting teams on their heels and play our way.”
Seattle has lost three straight.
“He was solid,” Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said. “He gave us a couple big saves. Their opportunities in the first and third came on a couple of flurries.”
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