WASHINGTON -- Defenseman Dmitry Orlov scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period to help the Washington Capitals win their third in a row, 5-3 against the Winnipeg Jets at Verizon Center on Wednesday.
Orlov's third goal in three games gave the Capitals the lead at 16:22 of the second period. His slap shot from the point beat goalie Michael Hutchinson blocker side.
Forwards Justin Williams, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for Washington (15-5-1); Braden Holtby made 23 saves.
Hutchinson made 31 saves, and defenseman Tyler Myers and forwards Andrew Ladd and Mathieu Perreault scored for Winnipeg (10-11-2).
Williams scored 1:12 into the first period to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. Defenseman John Carlson's shot went wide behind the net and Williams scored on the rebound. It was his sixth of the season, fourth in his past seven games, and was the fastest goal to start a game for Washington this season.
Myers scored for Winnipeg at 6:38 of the first period to tie the game 1-1. Forward Bryan Little won the faceoff in the offensive zone and got the puck to Ladd, who passed to a wide-open Myers. With Capitals forward Brooks Laich tied up, Myers had plenty of space to score from the slot. The goal was Myers' second of the season and the 50th of his NHL career.
Ladd gave the Jets a 2-1 lead with his goal at 13:01 of the period. Forward Blake Wheeler fished the puck out of the corner to Ladd at the top of the left circle, where he sent a wrist shot past Holtby for his fifth of the season.
Ovechkin tied it 2-2 on a power play at 18:46 of the first. Carlson gave it to Ovechkin, waiting in his usual spot by the hash marks in the left circle. The puck ended up on Ovechkin's skate and he kicked to his stick to score his 11th goal and second power-play goal of the season. Carlson's assist was his 11th of the season.
Ovechkin had seven of Washington's 15 shots on goal in the first period.
Backstrom made it 3-2 at 10:03 of the second, his eight of the season. Defenseman Nate Schmidt sent a pass across the goal mouth to Backstrom for the tip-in. Backstrom has seven points in his past five games.
Perreault went top corner on Holtby to tie the game 3-3 at 13:53 of the second period. Defenseman Dustin Byfuglien corralled the puck at the point and fed Perreault, who scored his second of the season, breaking a streak dating to Oct. 18.
Kuznetsov scored with 6:16 remaining in the third period to make it 5-4; he had three points.
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