In Washington, the Capitals got a late goal from Nicklas Backstrom to tie their game with the Dallas Stars with just 31 seconds left in regulation.
In extra time, Tyler Seguin scored with only 43 seconds gone for a 4-3 victory.
The decision gave the Stars their first win of the season.
“We knew that those guys got caught for a long shift, and it was a broken play in the middle, (and) we ended up going 2-on-1,” Alexander Radulov said. “The D-man was sliding. I hear [Seguin] all the way. He was going far post. I just needed to get it through.”
Ben Bishop made 29 saves to get the win.
Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson also scored for the Caps.
“I think overall we’ve got to be better 3-on-3,” Backstrom said. “Got to be a little bit better with the puck, smarter with the puck. We can’t leave [Holtby] out to dry like we have been, those two goals 3-on-3.”
Nick Caamano, Roope Hintz and Radulov scored for the Stars in regulation.
Dallas was listless through two periods and trailed 2-1 heading to the third.
“… I turned to (captain) Jamie Benn and I said, ‘Coaches aren’t going in. It’s your locker room. If we’re going to do something, you’ve got to will these guys out of this,'” Stars head coach Jim Montgomery said. “And I don’t know what he said, but credit to those guys because our third period was our best period.”
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Braden Holtby made saves in the loss.
“We’ve got to start blowing the game open a little bit,” Carlson said. “Maybe just trying to be a little too cute, trying to be too perfect in a sense. Those are big opportunities in the game.”
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