WASHINGTON (AP) Connor McMichael scored twice and the Washington Capitals beat the Calgary Flames 7-3 on Monday night.
Justin Sourdif had a goal and two assists and Hendrix Lapierre added a goal and an assist for Washington. Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Ryan Leonard also scored for the Capitals, who ended a three-game slide.
Matvei Gridin, Blake Coleman and Yegor Sharangovich scored for Calgary, which has lost five of its last six.
Washington surged to a 3-0 lead in a dominant first period. Just 2:46 into the game, Lapierre, playing the fourth-line center role with new acquisition David Kampf still going through immigration, scored off Martin Fehervary’s rebound to open the scoring. After more…