Kings 3-1 win Caps

Not long after assisting on the go-ahead goal with 122 Jack Eichel Jerseyseconds remaining in a victory over his former team, Washington Capitals forward Justin Williams stood in a hallway not far from the visitor's locker room and caught up with a couple of members of the Los Angeles Kings. The reason the Capitals signed Williams as a free agent last offseason was to provide a late-game push in the sort of playoff-type atmosphere felt by both sides in NHL-leading Washington's 3-1 comeback victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. He used to do that sort of thing for the Kings. ''If you listen to Justin on the http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jack_Eichel_Jersey bench ... he finds a way to pull people into the fight. And he does it by example,'' Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. ''He finds a way to get things done - and that's his talent.'' Williams gathered the puck behind the net and slid it to Evgeny Kuznetsov for a goal that withstood a coach's challenge for goalie interference and broke a 1-all tie. ''Some guys have a knack for that, and he does. Probably had a little extra in him tonight, playing against his former http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jack_Eichel_Jersey team,'' said Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik, who earned an assist in his return after missing 40 games with a lower-body injury. ''He's a competitive guy, and a guy you want on the ice at the end of the game.'' Kuznetsov's 16th goal, but first in Christian Fischer Jerseya month, gave him 20 points in his past 14 games. Andre Burakovsky got a secondary assist on that score, after tying the game with 48.1 seconds left in the second period. Jason Chimera added an empty-netter with 8.6 seconds left. Washington goalie Philipp Grubauer, getting a rare start in place of Braden Holtby, made 39 saves. Grubauer gave up four http://www.officialcoyotesproshop.com/Womens_Youth_Dylan_Strome_Jerseygoals in a loss to Florida in his prior start, two weeks ago, and said: ''For sure, I wanted to bounce back from that game.'' Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, back after missing three games with a lower-body injury, finished with 29 stops. This one was tight and physical throughout, the kind that often is played in May, not February. Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, who set up Anze Kopitar's short-handed goal in the first period, said his club approached this matchup as if it were in the postseason.