Stapleton's OT goal caps Jets rally over Washington
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Tim Stapleton's tally with 2:23 left in overtime allowed Winnipeg to complete a comeback from three goals down and beat Washington, 4-3, at Verizon Center.
Stapleton beat Michal Neuvirth with a high, quick wrister from the left circle to cap the rally from a 3-0 second-period deficit.
Bryan Little and Ben Maxwell also scored for the Jets, who snapped a two-game slide and crept within four points of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
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Ondrej Pavelec needed to make just 20 stops for the win.
Alex Ovechkin tallied twice for the Capitals, who have dropped four of five and fell into a tie for eighth place in the Eastern with Buffalo, which topped the Rangers.
Neuvirth ended with 38 saves in defeat.
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