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Video: Ovechkin scores in overtime after wild ending to third period

Washington Capitals v New York Islanders

at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on November 30, 2013 in Uniondale, New York.

Bruce Bennett

It didn’t look like typically electric shot to the back of the net. But like that matters to Alex Ovechkin.

The Capitals’ star scored his league-leading 21st goal of the season, and it was the overtime winner Saturday in a 3-2 Washington win against the New York Islanders.

Ovechkin cut into the middle of the ice on a two-on-two rush, beating goalie Anders Nilsson through the legs to give the Capitals the win.

It capped off a crazy final few minutes of regulation. The Islanders took the lead on a goal from Thomas Vanek with 1:51 left in the third period, however a short-handed goal from Nicklas Backstrom with 49 seconds remaining sent this one to the extra frame.

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