Alexander Semin had two goals and one assist Saturday to pace the Washington Capitals in a 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Alex Ovechkin had a goal and two assists for the reigning Southeast Division champion Capitals, who were coming off a season-opening 4-1 victory over Boston Thursday.

Two-time defending league MVP Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist Thursday in carrying Washington to a season-opening 4-1 win over Boston. It the was the first regular-season game completed among the four that were on the NHL schedule Thursday. Ovechkin led the NHL with 56 goals last season and he began the 2009-10 campaign by assisting on a power-play score by Brooks Laich just 2:45 into the new campaign. The Capitals took a 2-0 lead in the second period on Ovechkin's first goal.

David Steckel scored 6:22 into overtime Monday to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 win over Pittsburgh and a 3-3 tie in their Eastern semifinals. Brooks Laich took a shot toward the Pittsburgh goal which clipped the edge of Steckel's stick and dipped past Penguins goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury. Viktor Kozlov scored twice for the Capitals, who forced a deciding Game 7 in Washington Wednesday. Alexander Semin added a goal and an assist and Tomas Fleischmann also scored for the Capitals.

A third-period goal from Tomas Fleischmann Saturday lifted Washington to a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Fleischmann's second goal this post-season snapped a 2-2 tie at 1:46 of the third following assists by Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin. Rookie netminder

Sergei Fedorov scored with 5 minutes left Tuesday to give Washington a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers in Game 7 of their Eastern quarterfinals. Alexander Semin scored the other goal for the Capitals, who had three straight victories to take the series 4-3.