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The Washington Capitals are now just three games away from tying the longest winning streak in NHL history. Alex Ovechkin rallied the Capitals past the Penguins in overtime Sunday to extend their franchise-record winning streak to 14 games. Take a look back at Washington's historic streak.
Feb. 7: Washington 5, Penguins 4 (OT)
Alex Ovechkin scored an arena-rocking hat trick and got the assist on Mike Knuble's winning goal in overtime, while the Capitals kept up their pursuit of NHL history with a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Feb. 5: Washington 5, Atlanta 2
Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 39th goal and had an assist as the Capitals cruised to victory. Rookie goalie Michal Neuvirth made 43 saves against the Thrashers, playing one day after trading star winger Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey, perhaps Washington's biggest threat to make it out of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
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Feb. 4: Washington 6, N.Y. Rangers 5
Nicklas Backstrom's third-period, power-play goal — his fifth point of the night — snapped a tie and put the Capitals ahead for good. Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist to reach 500 career points.
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Feb. 2: Washington 4, Boston 1
Brooks Laich capitalized on a turnover and broke a 1-1 tie at 5:04 of the third period. Less than three minutes after Laich's goal, Boyd Gordon scored his second of the season. Ovechkin added an empty-net goal at 19:28. The win broke the franchise record for consecutive wins with 11.
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Jan. 31: Washington 3, Tampa Bay 2
Ovechkin found the net with 6:26 remaining in the 3-2 win over the Lightning, giving Washington a franchise record-tying 10th consecutive victory. Backstrom and Laich also scored for the Capitals.
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Jan. 29: Washington 4, Florida 1
Mike Knuble and Backstrom fueled the Capitals' vaunted attack with three points apiece. Knuble had two goals and an assist, and Backstrom had a goal and two assists.
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Jan. 27: Washington 5, Anaheim 1
The score-at-will Capitals made it look easy, scoring three times in 2 1/2 minutes early in the third period. Shaone Morrisonn, Knuble and Semin scored on consecutive shots to break open a tie game.
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Jan. 26: Washington 7, N.Y. Islanders 2
Washington's stars were blanked from the score sheet, but Alexander Semin scored twice and five other Capitals had multipoint games. Washington scored four goals in the first period and never looked back.
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Jan. 23: Washington 4, Phoenix 2
Semin set up the Capitals' first goal with a pass through a defenseman. He scored in the second period to help the Capitals regain momentum and a two-goal cushion. And he was right there every time Washington scored in a 4-2 win.
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Jan. 21: Capitals 6, Penguins 3
Ovechkin scored twice and the Capitals scored the final four goals to beat the Penguins. Tomas Fleischmann scored the go-ahead goal early in the third and set up Backstrom's breakaway goal less than a minute later.
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Jan. 19: Washington 3, Detroit 2
Backstrom and David Steckel scored 46 seconds apart late in the game, rallying the Capitals past the Red Wings. Jose Theodore made a season-high 44 saves for the Capitals.
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Jan. 17: Washington 5, Philadelphia 3
Ovechkin snapped an 0-for-5 career slump in penalty shots by beating Ray Emery with a backhand move with 4:12 to play. Ovechkin is by far the fastest player to reach 2,000 shots since the NHL started keeping the stat in 1967.
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Jan. 15: Washington 6, Toronto 1
It took less than a minute for Ovechkin to give the Capitals the lead. Ovechkin had a goal and a career-high four assists, Knuble scored twice and the Caps got 28 saves from Theodore.
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Jan. 13: Washington 5, Florida 4 (SO)
Tomas Fleischmann scored in the sixth round of a shootout to give the Capitals a 5-4 comeback victory over the Panthers. Jose Theodore stopped all 15 shots he faced after replacing Michal Neuvirth with Florida leading 4-1 midway through the second period.
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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
