In Washington, DC, Joseph Woll made 36 saves for the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs in a 4-1 win over the Capitals on Tuesday evening.
Morgan Rielly e staked the Maple Leafs to a 1-0 lead at 12:53 of the first period.
Toronto scored three times in the second period to take full control of the game.
John Tavares pushed the advantage to 2-0 at 5:41 of the middle frame, after Alex Ovechkin was stopped by Woll on penalty shot.
William Nylander scored 48 seconds later to give the Maple Leafs a 3-0 lead in the second.
Auston Matthews scored at 15:07 to balloon the lead to 4-0 for the Leafs.
Ovechkin finally scored for the Caps, his first of the season, with 11 seconds left in the second for the 4-1 final.
Darcy Kuemper made 13 saves in the loss..
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