Turco's 49 saves lead Stars past Capitals 4-3 in shootout

Washington's Alex Ovechkin snapped a season-high, six-game goal drought by scoring twice to match Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby for the league lead with 44. Ovechkin's second goal came with 3:16 left in the third period and tied the game.

But Turco stopped Ovechkin in the opening round of the shootout, and the Stars went on to take it 2-1, with Richards and Loui Eriksson beating Semyon Varlamov.

The loss ended Washington's club-record home winning streak at 13 games.

Kings 6, Blue Jackets 0 At Los Angeles, Michal Handzus and Alexander Frolov scored power-play goals 41 seconds apart during a four-goal first period as Los Angeles routed Columbus.

Fredrik Modin also scored with the man advantage against the team that traded him last week,

Frolov also equaled a career high with three assists, and the Kings also got goals from Wayne Simmonds, Drew Doughty and Brad Richardson to match their highest-scoring output of the season.

Jonathan Quick recorded his third shutout and seventh of his career while his teammates outshot Columbus 35-11.

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