LOS ANGELES -- Anthony Beauvillier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Washington Capitals won their fifth straight game with a 3-1 victory against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday.

Beauvillier put the Capitals in front 2-1 at 1:18 of the third shortly after a Kings power play expired. Alex Ovechkin , who served Brandon Duhaime ’s roughing minor, got the puck as he exited the penalty box and skated in on a 2-on-1 rush. He passed over to Connor McMichael , who faked a shot and got Darcy Kuemper to commit before finding a trailing Beauvillier for a tap-in into an open net.

“I thought great awareness by those two,” Beauvillier said. “Just going down the ice, 'Ovi' made a great play, and Mikey, such a good heads-up play. I just had to pu

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