Capitals’ streak ends

Tomas Plekanec scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens ended Washington’s team-record winning streak at 14 games with a 6-5 victory over the Capitals on Wednesday night.

The Capitals, who hadn’t lost in nearly a month, fell three wins short of tying the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins’ NHL-record streak of 17 games.

Brooks Laich tied it at 5-5 for Washington, scoring his third goal of the game with 18.4 seconds left and goalie Jose Theodore pulled for an extra attacker.

Trailing 5-2 after Plekanec scored Montreal’s fourth goal of the second with 1:04 left in the period, Washington battled back with three goals in the third -- including two by Laich -- to send the game to overtime.

Carey Price made 33 saves for Montreal.

-- associated press