Caps' Win Streak Snapped in Overtime

Washington's six-game win streak came to an end in overtime, as the Islanders' Mark Streit scored :53 into the extra session to give New York a 4-3 overtime win.

Tomas Fleischmann scored a pair of goals, his first since returning from missing the start of the season with a blood clot in his leg, but the Capitals couldn't cash in on a late power-play advantage and the Isles returned the favor of last weekend's overtime loss at home.

The Caps finish the month of October 8-2-3, and couldn't get the go ahead goal to equal the best first month of the season in team history. Alex Ovechkin did record his 14th goal of the campaign, but once again, Washington had trouble putting 60 good minutes and it cost them against a beatable opponent.

The Capitals got a great chance to open the game with a goal when Kyle Okposo was whistled for a double-minor just 1:37 into the contest, and Ovechkin scored his third goal in two nights with a blast that Dwayne Roloson couldn't stop completely 4:41 into the period to give the Caps a 1-0 lead.

Shaone Morrison took Washington's first minor of the night, and Jose Theodore came up with a pair of nice saves on John Tavares and the Capitals held onto the early lead.

Like the previous night, though, the Capitals got a bit too fancy with the lead, as one one shift, Ovechkin fed Semin, who passed up a good scoring chance to feed Backstrom and the Islanders broke up the play.

The Islanders got the equalizer shortly after with 9:23 left in the first when Okposo put a shot through Theodore's legs to even the score.

Washington got another chance with the extra-man when Tim Jackman cleared the puck over the side glass, but couldn't convert with the advantage and left the score at 1-1 after 20 minutes.

Richard Park started off the second breaking in alone on Theodore, but the goaltender came up with the save.

However, the Islanders did take the lead shortly after, as Mike Green coughed up the puck in front of Theodore and Frans Nielsen deposited in the corner for a 2-1 lead with 12:48 left in the middle frame.

However, Fleischmann brought the Caps even just 1:38 later with a great effort behind the net, as Chris Clark caught Roloson with a sloppy pass and feeding Fleischmann with a pass before Roloson could recover for Fleischmann's first goal since coming back from blood clots in his leg.

It didn't take long for Fleischmann to get his second, as he was parked in front of the Islander net and picked up the rebound of a Mike Green shot and in for a 3-2 Washington lead with 3:17 left in the frame.

However, the Islanders tied it up just 1:07 later, as Nielsen scored through traffic to even up the game at 3-3 to send the teams to the locker room after 40 minutes.

The Capitals got a scare when Ovechkin got hurt during the third period and skated back to the bench slowly, but he came back on his next shift and almost scored on Roloson.

However, the third proved to have a sluggish start, and another bad turnover almost led to an Islanders goal as Tavares fed Sean Bergenheim in front but Theodore held his ground and kept the game tied.

The Capitals then got a golden chance to finish the Islanders off when Mark Streit was called for interference with 4:20 left in regulation, but Washington couldn't convert to take the lead, and the two teams headed for their second overtime game against each other in a week.

It didn't last long, however, as Tavares fed a streaking Streit, who beat Theodore to send the sellout crowd home unhappy and give New York just their third win of the campaign.

Washington gets a short turnaround to get back on track, hosting the Blue Jackets Sunday afternoon, and looking to score their first goal on Steve Mason in three games. Still, the Capitals have points in all but two of their first 13 games, and finish the month with 19 points.