New York Islanders' Andrew Ladd, left, is joined by Jordan Eberle as they celebrate Ladd's game-tying goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Nov. 24, 2017, in Philadelphia. The Islanders won 5-4. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
New York Islanders' Andrew Ladd, left, is joined by Jordan Eberle as they celebrate Ladd's game-tying goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Nov. 24, 2017, in Philadelphia. The Islanders won 5-4. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek) Credit: Tom Mihalek

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Washington — Alex Ovechkin and Devante Smith-Pelly each scored a goal, Philipp Grubauer stopped 25 shots for his first victory of the season and the Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay 3-1 on Friday night to end the Lightning’s six-game road winning streak.

Jay Beagle clinched the victory for the Capitals, scoring into an empty net with 2:08 to go.

Ovechkin’s second goal in two games and 15th overall followed a six-game drought. His resurgence comes after coach Barry Trotz placed Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom on the same line Wednesday night for the first time this season.

Although the Lightning (16-4-2) are off to the best start in franchise history, they couldn’t find a way to snap their run of poor outings against the Capitals, especially in Washington. Tampa Bay has lost five straight in the nation’s capital and is 2-8 in its last 10 games against the Caps.

Islanders 5, Flyers 4 (ot)

Philadelphia — Defenseman Nick Leddy snapped a shot past Philadelphia goalie Brian Elliott 2:44 into overtime to give New York a victory over the Flyers.

Rookie Mathew Barzal, Cal Clutterbuck, Jordan Eberle and Andrew Ladd scored in regulation and Thomas Greiss made 26 saves to help the Islanders win for the fifth time in six games. They moved six points ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division standings.

Jets 4, Ducks 1

Anaheim, Calif. — Nikolaj Ehlers scored two goals in the game’s first 5 minutes, and streaking Winnipeg went on to beat Anaheim.

The Jets have won six of their last seven.

Wild 3, Avalanche 2 (so)

St. Paul, Minn. — Charlie Coyle and Chris Stewart scored in the shootout to give Minnesota a victory over Colorado.

Jason Zucker and Nino Niederreiter scored in regulation to help Minnesota improve to 6-1-1 in its past eight. Alex Stalock made 28 saves.

Golden Knights 5, Sharks 4 (ot)

Las Vegas — Jonathan Marchessault took a pass from Shea Theodore and poked the game-winning goal past Aaron Dell to give Vegas an overtime victory over San Jose.

William Karlsson scored two goals for Vegas, and Shea Theodore and James Neal had a goal apiece.

Devils 3, Canucks 2

Newark, n.j. — Brian Boyle scored one of the most meaningful goals of his career to help New Jersey beat Vancouver.

The Devils were marking “Hockey Fights Cancer Night,” a battle especially meaningful to Boyle, who was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia during training camp and missed the first 10 games of the season while undergoing treatment.

The Prudential Center erupted with cheers when Boyle, set up by a beautiful drop pass from Will Butcher, scored at 10:17 of the second period to snap a 1-1 tie.

Sabres 3, Oilers 1

Buffalo, n.y. — Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots and Buffalo snapped a seven-game skid.

Jack Eichel, Jacob Josefson and Kyle Okposo, with an empty-netter, scored for Buffalo, which had gone 0-5-2 since beating Washington 3-1 on Nov. 7.

Blue Jackets 5, Senators 2

Columbus, Ohio — Cam Atkinson scored twice to lift Columbus over Ottawa, extending the Blue Jackets’ league-high winning streak to six games.

Sergei Bobrovsky turned back 24 shots for his 14th win in 19 starts.

Rangers 2, Red Wings 1 (ot)

New York — Mats Zuccarello scored 37 seconds into overtime to give New York a victory over Detroit.

Zuccarello scored his fourth goal of the season, off assists from Brady Skjei and J.T. Miller. The Rangers improved to 12-9-2 with their third straight victory and ninth in 11 games.

Maple Leafs 5, Hurricanes 4

Raleigh, n.c. — James Van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist to help Toronto beat Carolina.

Van Riemsdyk was one of four goal scorers in the second period for the Maple Leafs (15-8-1), who won for the seventh time in nine games.

Predators 2, Blues 0

St. Louis — Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist, and Pekka Rinne earned his second shutout of the season as Nashville beat St. Louis.

Johansen’s scored his third goal of the season early in the first, and Rinne made it hold up, stopping 34 shots as he shut out St. Louis for the third time in his career.