The Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-5 and won their seventh road win in a row

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois, Rasmus Sandin and Taylor Raddysh each had a goal and an assist in the Washington Capitals’ 6-5 victory over the New Jersey Devils in a meeting of the Metropolitan Division’s top two teams Saturday night .

Washington (17-6-1) tied its franchise record for road wins with seven straight wins.

The Capitals received goals from Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McMichael and Jakob Chychrun. Raddysh broke a 4-4 tie with a tip-in with 6:06 minutes left in the game. Dubois scored 10 seconds later for a 6-4 lead.

John Carlson recorded three assists for the Capitals. Chychrun has scored three goals in Washington’s last four games.

Each of the Capitals’ three wins this week were powered by power play goals. They scored three goals against the Devils on Saturday in the two teams’ final game of the regular season.

Stefan Noesen scored two goals for New Jersey (16-9-2) and Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier and Justin Dowling also scored. Jack Hughes added three assists.

Charlie Lindgren stopped 22 shots for Washington. Jake Allen had 26 saves for the Devils.

Takeaways

Capitals: Washington has steadily improved its power play, rising to over 20% efficiency and pushing them out of last place in this department, where they were three weeks ago.

Devils: New Jersey allowed its first goal of the game for the seventh straight time. During this period the score was 4:3.

Key moment

The Capitals scored two of their three power play goals in the second period with a 4-on-3 advantage. Dawson Mercer was whistled for a high tackle from Dylan Strome, which led to goals from McMichael and Chychrun, securing a 3-2 lead.

Key statistics

In the five games since the Capitals have been without Alex Ovechkin, they have gone 8-for-20 on the power play.

Next

The Capitals host San Jose on Tuesday while the Devils visit the New York Rangers on Monday.

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Everett Merrill, The Associated Press