Getzlaf Goal Gives Ducks 2-1 OT Win Over Capitals

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ryan Getzlaf scored 4:03 into overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 2-1 victory over the Capitals and send Washington to its seventh straight loss.

The Capitals are on their worst skid since Bruce Boudreau became coach just over three years ago.

Getzlaf did much of the winning play himself. He outfought defenseman John Carlson for the puck on the left boards, spun around and fired a shot past goalie Semyon Varlamov from the circle.

The Capitals finished with a 32-24 edge in shots, but the game was even after Washington controlled the first period.

Washington had 17 shots in the first, a period in which the Capitals took a 1-0 lead on Brooks Laich's goal.

But the Ducks slowed the Capitals in the second and tied it on Joffrey Lupul's power-play goal. Lupul got to a loose puck just in front of Varlamov and pushed it past him with 7:13 left in the period.

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