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Capitals’ Carey ties it late before Ovechkin beats Devils in the shootout

The 2015-16 Washington Capitals always seem to find a way to get the job done.

That’s exactly what they did in Saturday’s matinee against the New Jersey Devils.

The Capitals opened the scoring when Andrei Burakovsky beat Cory Schneider in the second period, but the Devils answered with back-to-back goals by Joseph Blandisi and Adam Henrique.

Washington got the game-tying goal from an unlikely source as Paul Carey scored his first career goal with under six minutes remaining in regulation.

In overtime, Ovechkin dished out this huge hit:

And in typical Ovechkin fashion, he finished the game off in the shootout (top of the page).

The Caps have now won back-to-back games and they remain 15 points ahead of the Rangers, who beat Philadelphia 3-2 in a shootout this afternoon, with two games in hand.

For the Devils, the loser point allows them to move ahead of the Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan division, but New York still has four games in hand.

Here’s an updated look at the division standings:

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