capitals 5, red wings 2

Aliaksei Protas had two goals and an assist in the third period to key Washington’s rally to beat Detroit on Friday, extending their winning streak to three games.

Taylor Raddysh got the Capitals on the board after falling behind 2-0, and, after Protas tied it in the first minute of the third, Jakob Chychrun scored the go-ahead goal 66 seconds later.

Detroit’s Cam Talbot allowed five goals on 29 shots, falling apart just after the second intermission. Dylan Larkin and Moritz Seider had given the Red Wings a lead.

Some Capitals fans chanted, “Pull the goalie!” late, hoping Alex Ovechkin would get a chance to shoot at an empty net. That did not happen, and he remained at 885 goals, 10 back of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record.

jets 6, devils 1

Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the third consecutive game and had two assists, Kyle Connor added his 33rd goal of the season, and Winnipeg beat New Jersey.

Ehlers connected on a wrist shot with 30 seconds left in the second period, putting the Jets up 3-0. Ehlers had an assist on Josh Morrissey’s power-play goal earlier in the second and Cole Perfetti’s goal in the third, giving him five points in his last three games.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots for his NHL-leading 37th victory.

Dawson Mercer scored for the Devils with a slap shot in the opening minute of the third to make it 3-1.

blackhawks 4, utah 3, ot

Connor Bedard scored 3:10 into overtime to give Chicago a victory over Utah.

Bedard’s 17th goal of the season helped the Blackhawks escape with a victory after squandering a 3-1 lead.

Wyatt Kaiser, Ilya Mikheyev and Frank Nazar scored during a 5-minute span in the second period to put the Blackhawks up by two. Spencer Knight finished with 36 saves.

Nick Schmaltz, John Marino and Clayton Keller scored for Utah, which lost for the third time in 10 games. Karel Vejmelka had 21 saves.

Utah battled back in the third. scoring on Marino’s shot from the point before Keller’s power-play equalizer with 7:44 remaining.

Utah had several chances in OT, but Knight stopped both shots on goal.