Ryan Leonard and Jakob Chychrun scored 1:08 apart early in the second period as the Washington Capitals defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-1 Tuesday night.

Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist, Tom Wilson scored an empty-netter with 49.6 seconds left and goaltender Logan Thompson made 18 saves for the Capitals, who have won five of their past six games.

Jaden Schwartz tallied for Seattle and goalie Matt Murray, making his Kraken debut, stopped 30 of 33 shots. Seattle lost its second in a row and fell to 0-13 in the second game of back-to-back situations since the start of the 2024-25 season.

Dowd gave the Capitals the lead at 8:30 of the first period. The play started when Dowd checked Seattle's Chandler Stephenson to the ice along the boards in the defensive end, starting an odd-man r

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