Justin Williams scored 4:16 into overtime to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 victory over the Islanders in Brooklyn on Thursday night.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice in a 1:27 span early in the second period and Braden Holtby stopped 20 shots for the Capitals to get his league-leading 36th win of the season.
Washington, which leads the NHL with 88 points, won for the fifth time in six games.
“We had seen our game slip lately, and it’s not all the way back to where it needs to be, but we did a lot of good things tonight,” Williams said.