ESPN.com · Jan 20, 2016
Backstrom, Ovechkin power 1st-place Caps past Blue Jackets
playThe Capitals capture their seventh win in eight games with a 6-3 victory over the Blue Jackets. (1:24)COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nicklas Backstrom scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist and Braden Holtby earned his league-leading 30th win to lift the NHL-best Washington Capitals past the last-place Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Marcus Johansson added a goal and an assist, and Jason Chimera and Andre Burakovsky also scored for Washington, off to the best start in franchise history at 35-8-3. Evgeny Kuznetsov had a career-high four assists, and Matt Niskanen chipped in with two.