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Nick Schmaltz scored the shootout winner, leading the Utah Hockey Club to a win over the Washington Capitals.

Josh Doan and Dylan Guenther each had a goal and an assist, and Michael Carcone and Jack McBain also scored for Utah, which has won three of its last four games. Utah jumped out to an early lead when Doan scored just over a minute into the game and Carcone scored 32 seconds later.

Connor Ingram had nine saves on 11 shots before leaving the game due to an upper-body injury. Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 of 32 shots in relief and all three shootout attempts for Utah.

Tom Wilson scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had three assists and Dylan Strome and Pierre-Luc Dubois added goals for Washington, which has lost three of its last five games. Logan Thompson, who entered the game ranked second in the NHL in save percentage, made 24 saves.

Dylan Guenther continues to be a force on offense, extending his point streak to four games. He has seven points in that span and reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career.

Alex Ovechkin didn’t inch closer to Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record, but his three assists extended his point streak to five games and moved him past Phil Esposito for 11th place on the NHL’s all-time point list.

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Victor Hedman had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the slumping Montreal Canadiens in the final NHL game before the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Nick Paul, Brayden Point, Zemgus Girgensons and Anthony Cirelli also scored for Tampa Bay, which stretched its winning streak to four games. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves.

Brendan Gallagher scored twice and Christian Dvorak added a goal for Montreal, which lost its third straight and for the eighth time in nine games.

Montreal goalie Jakub Dobes was pulled early in the second period after allowing three goals on eight shots. Sam Montembeault stopped 11 of 12 shots in relief.

The NHL takes a two-week break for the tournament between Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States in Montreal and Boston.

No Nikita Kucherov, no problem. Tampa Bay had plenty of offense and scored on its only power-play opportunity without its star winger. The Lightning said Kucherov was day to day with an upper-body injury.

Couldn’t complete a comeback after allowing goals on Tampa Bay’s first two shots. The Canadiens dominated play in the final 10 minutes, but couldn’t get the equalizer.