Dmitry Orlov’s second goal of the game came with 42.8 seconds left in overtime to lift the visiting Washington Capitals past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday.
On the winner, Orlov swooped around the top of the right circle into the slot and shot the puck over goaltender Tristan Jarry’s blocker.
Nic Dowd and Daniel Sprong also scored for the Capitals, who have won two straight.
Vitek Vanecek started in goal for Washington but left in the first period, a bit after he and Pittsburgh’s Kasperi Kapanen collided. Vanecek gave up one goal on two shots.
Ilya Samsonov, in relief, made 43 saves.
Bryan Rust scored twice, Evgeni Malkin also scored, Jake Guentzel added three assists and Sidney Crosby had two assists for the Penguins, who lost their fourth straight (0-1-3). Jarry made 28 saves.
Dowd opened the scoring at 5:50 of the first, shooting the puck under Jarry’s pads on a short-handed breakaway.
On the same power play, the Penguins tied it 36 seconds later. Malkin scored from the right circle off a feed from down low by Guentzel.
Samsonov then replaced Vanecek.
Rust, in the slot, went forehand to backhand and swiped the puck past Samsonov for a power-play goal and a 2-1 lead for Pittsburgh at 11:26 of the first.
At 16:13 and on a Capitals power play, Orlov tied it 2-2. Conor Sheary moved in from the right point for a shot, and Orlov scored on the rebound.
Rust answered at 4:44 of the second with another power-play goal. He batted a bouncing rebound inside the right post to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead.
Washington thought it had a tying goal at 7:05 of the second when Dowd deflected the puck in, but Pittsburgh successfully challenged that Dowd had interfered with Jarry, and the goal was disallowed.
The Capitals tied it 3-3 with 41.3 seconds left in the second when Sprong got around defenseman Chad Ruhwedel near the left-wing boards and put the puck between Jarry’s pads.
–Field Level Media
