CHICAGO — Nic Dowd scored twice and the Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday night time for his or her second straight win.

Anthony Mantha, Dylan Strome and Dowd scored in a 7:12 span within the second interval to place Washington forward. Dowd then sealed it together with his second of the night time and fourth of the season with 4:02 remaining within the third.

Beck Malenstyn had two assists and Darcy Kuemper stopped 33 pictures for the Capitals.

Philipp Kurashev had a purpose and an help, and Connor Murphy additionally scored for Chicago, which ended its first two-game win streak of the season. NHL rookie scoring chief Connor Bedard assisted on each Chicago targets, and Arvid Söderblom had 23 saves.

Kuemper gave the Capitals strong goaltending once more after Charlie Lindgren shut down the Rangers in a 4-0 win at residence on Saturday night time.

Mantha, who has seven targets for the season, has 4 targets and two assists in his final seven video games. Strome, a former Blackhawk, scored his eleventh purpose and has three in his final three video games.

Chicago had the higher probabilities within the scoreless first. Throughout a flurry with about 7:30 left within the interval, Kuemper got here up with a number of robust saves, together with one on a close-in shot by Lukas Reichel.

A few minute later, Kurashev kicked the puck into the web and the purpose was instantly waved off.

Kurashev opened the scoring with a legit tap-in at 6:49 of the second from the sting of the crease. He transformed Seth Jones’ cross-ice feed to cap a crisp passing play began by Bedard.

Mantha tied it on a breakaway 1:22 later. He received previous the Chicago protection after taking Connor McMichael’s feed, then beat Söderblom with a sweeping backhander for this ninth purpose.

McMichael, the Capitals‘ first-round draft decide in 2019, performed his a centesimal recreation.

Strome put Chicago forward 2-1 with 6:50 left within the interval after T.J. Oshie knocked 6-foot-6 Chicago rookie defenseman Alex Vlasic off the puck behind the web with a giant hit. Strome was open on the left aspect on the crease and directed in Joel Edmundson’s feed.

Dowd made 3-1 simply 93 seconds later to cap a scrum on the web. Dowd had tried to jam within the puck from the pile-up, nevertheless it squirted free in entrance. Malenstyn shot it towards the web and Dowd was credited with knocking it over the purpose line.

Arrange by Malenstyn, Dowd made it 4-1 from the slot with 4:02 left within the third.

Murphy pinched in and transformed Bedard’s backhand cross-ice cross with 1:42 left to finish the scoring.

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