By Canadian Press

Lindholm’s 2nd hat trick lifts Flames past Caps 4-3 in OT

Oct 23, 2021 | 2:09 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elias Lindholm completed his second career hat trick with a one-timer 2:46 into overtime, and the Calgary Flames beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Saturday.

Lindholm’s fourth, fifth and sixth goals of the season helped the Flames to a second consecutive victory, this one coming after blowing an early 3-0 lead. Washington had won two in a row.

Andrew Mangiapane added his third on the power play to open the scoring for the Flames, who gave all of their first-period advantage back by the end of the second.

Calgary’s Dan Vladar made 22 saves and Johnny Gaudreau had two assists, including the final feed to Lindholm for an effort that caught the body of goaltender Ilya Samsonov before trickling over the line.

Alex Ovechkin scored his fifth goal and had an assist for the Capitals, who remain unbeaten in regulation but have lost both their overtime games this season.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Medicine Hat's Mustard Seed adding new shelter spaces at Alberta government's request

2h ago

HOLIDAYS

Medicine Hat Kiwanis hosting Christmas dinner, applications due Friday

5h ago

IN THE COMMUNITY

'Compassionate Friends' offer peer support for bereaved in Medicine Hat

20h ago

Evgeny Kuznetsov posted his fourth goal to begin Washington’s comeback, and Martin Fehervary scored his first in the NHL. Ovechkin moved to 735 career goals, bringing him within six of Brett Hull for fourth on the NHL list.

Samsonov replaced Vitek Vanecek to start the second period. He stopped 13 straight shots before he was beaten in overtime.

Lindholm and Kuznetsov traded short-handed goals on either side of the first intermission.

The Capitals closed to 3-2 when Fehervary took a pass from Tom Wilson and beat Vladar inside his right post from near the opposite faceoff circle.

Then Ovechkin leveled the game inside the final two minutes of the period, reaching a loose puck after an unforced turnover and beating Vladar to his near post on a break down the left.

Lindholm is one game shy of tying a club record for consecutive games scoring a goal to begin the season. Gary Roberts scored in the Flames’ opening five games of the 1989-90 campaign.

NOTES: Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom was rested less than 48 hours after making 33 saves in his ninth career shutout, a 3-0 win at Detroit on Thursday night. … Vanecek saved 11 of 14 shots for Washington in the first period. … The Capitals went scoreless on the power play for a fourth consecutive game (14 total opportunities) after scoring three times on the man advantage in their season opener.

UP NEXT

Flames: Continue their trip with the first of two in the New York metro area against the Rangers on Monday.

Capitals: Visit Ottawa on Monday.

___

More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Ian Nicholas Quillen, The Associated Press