The Washington Capitals won for the fifth time in their past six games as they defeated the visiting Winnipeg Jets 4-3 Wednesday night.

John Carlson, Jakob Chychrun, Alex Ovechkin and Connor McMichael scored while Tom Wilson, Sonny Milano, Ethen Frank, Matt Roy and Anthony Beauvillier picked up assists for the Capitals. Washington's Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves.

Gabriel Vilardi got a pair of goals and Mark Scheifele scored once for Winnipeg. Kyle Connor had three assists. Josh Morrissey and Dylan DeMelo each had an assist. Eric Comrie made 30 stops for the Jets.

Washington opened the scoring at 6:38 in the contest when Wilson led a rush into the Jets' zone and found Carlson alone in the slot for a 1-0 lead.

Chychrun made it 2-0 for the Capitals with a screened point shot with 5:39 le

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