RALEIGH, N.C. -- Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist, Logan Thompson made 30 saves, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 at Lenovo Center on Tuesday.

Brandon Duhaime, Dylan Strome and Jakob Chychrun scored for the Capitals (8-7-1), who had lost two in a row. John Carlson had two assists.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Hurricanes (11-5-0), who had won four straight. Frederik Andersen made 24 saves before leaving the game with 5:10 remaining after a collision with Carolina captain Jordan Staal. Pyotr Kochetkov played 3:36 in relief.

Washington took a 1-0 lead at 5:42 of the first period. Ethen Frank took a pass out of the corner from Nic Dowd and made a backhand feed to Duhaime for a tap-in at the right post.

Strome took a pass from Ovechkin and scored

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