NHL roundup: Capitals defeat rival Penguins in Ovi's final home opener

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/pittsburgh-penguins-AkN0nWU6/washington-capitals-UND9nmoG/?mid=lI3fKmg3"]Capitals 5-3 Penguins[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ovechkin-alexander/6s0ms3DP/"]Ovechkin[/a] recently announced that this season will officially be his last, and what better home opener to have than a win against their hated rivals. [/p][p]The Caps got out to a 4-1 lead late into the second period before the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pittsburgh-penguins/AkN0nWU6/"]Penguins[/a] started to rally with two goals before the second intermission. But Washington held on in the third as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leonard-ryan/ptfXGScq/"]Ryan Leonard[/a]'s second goal of the season came on a power play early on to seal the deal. [/p][embed guid="557ce7f3-7b62-445b-83f7-9b60e40c0f5f" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpcUdNJbxUc&pp=ygUDbmhs0gcJCTUMAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/colorado-avalanche-hACAnvBa/winnipeg-jets-r3L8pAaJ/?mid=UyJbEDFL"]Jets 3-2 Avalanche[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/connor-kyle/46J4bvlG/"]Kyle Connor[/a] proved clutch for his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/winnipeg-jets/r3L8pAaJ/"]Jets[/a] after scoring two of their three goals, with his second coming late in the third period with exactly one minute remaining in the game.[/p][p]Connor brought his season goal total to five, while teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perfetti-cole/lMqNH6fF/"]Cole Perfetti[/a] scored his third. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schwartz-jaden/KjJAIgGb/"]Jaden Schwartz[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svechkov-fyodor/WG3GWVet/"]Fedor Svechkov[/a] scored their firsts of the season for Colorado, while both also recorded an assist on each other's goals.[/p][embed guid="3aa04310-0dc8-47c3-bd1b-314c7da7f698" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRkh1kTOSY&pp=ygUDbmhs" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/anaheim-ducks-4CM4ojpD/edmonton-oilers-Mg0qoxeI/?mid=Q74U8iwq"]Oilers vs. Ducks (ongoing)[/a][/h2][infobox id="4a10d479-52d8-41e0-aa1d-fb0ac5772099" /]