In Washington, DC, the Winnipeg Jets’ late season swoon continued in a lackluster, 3-0 loss to the Capitals on Sunday. 
All three Caps’ goals were scored in the third period.
Alex Ovechkin hit for a double in the win.
“It was a huge test for it to fight through it, find a way,” Ovechkin said, “Obviously, the first couple of periods we didn’t play well. ‘Chuckie’ was outstanding today. We find a way in the third.”
Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves in the shutout win.
The Caps’ John Carlson broke through at 1:21 of the third when he hit off the power play for a 1-0 lead .
Ovechkin potted his first of the period at 3:36, scoring after picked up an errant puck for the 2-0 lead.
“We were kind of chomping at the bit there, and then that second [goal] was real fluky,” the Jets’ Mason Appleton said. “I don’t even know how it ended up going in. But that one was more deflating if anything.”
The Jets dropped to 44-22-5.
“We can take a lot more positives out of this game than we did the last couple of games,” Jets defenseman Dylan DeMelo said. “The Islanders game was just a big off day everywhere for us, in all aspects of the game. Today was a lot better. We had great legs, we were in on the forecheck, disrupting. We had some really good looks; we just couldn’t pop one in.”
The Jets have fallen to third in the Central Division.
Ovechkin collected his double with 12 minutes gone in the third for the 3-0 final./ “When it’s the most important games of the year, where our season’s on the line almost it feels like every night, he’s just delivering in a big way,” Washington coach Spencer Carbery said of Ovechkin. “These are big moments, and he’s scoring huge goals for our team to keep us in this thing.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves in the loss.
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