The Colorado Avalanche were unable to win their third straight game at home on Friday night, as Nicklas Backstrom wristed a power play goal from the slot just 22 seconds into overtime after a hard-fought 60 minutes.
The Capitals had gone on the power play with 1:09 remaining in regulation after Ian Cole took a terrible penalty for holding after Devante Smith-Pelly beat him out wide. Colorado did a good job of killing off the initial portion of the Washington man-advantage (enough to force overtime), but the defending champions made them pay on the 4-on-3 in the extra session.