Oshie, who played more than 18 minutes on Monday, Backstrom (17:30) and Ovechkin have combined for nine points in the first three games of the series.
Shea Theodore had two goals, Nate Thompson had a goal and two assists, and Nick Ritchie also scored for the Ducks.
The Capitals could be without one of their top defenders, meanwhile, with Karl Alzner a game-time decision for Game 3. Just over a minute in, Justin Williams hooked Morgan Rielly to the ice, but both men were sent to the box as Rielly got two for diving. Ovechkin scored in Games 2 and 3, but the Capitals lost each.
Although Ovechkin is 31 now, Komarov said he doesn't think he's slowing down.
After Washington upped its lead back to two on a goal from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Toronto required a yeoman's effort from its penalty kill.
Babcock will now have control of the matchups on home ice, meaning he can move Matthews away from the unsafe Kuznetsov if he so chooses and also get his pick of which defensive pair the group will see most often.
Matthews stuck with the rebound and eventually batted the puck out of mid-air for Toronto's first goal.
Ottawa 4, (at) Bruins 3, OT: Bobby Ryan scored on a tip-in on a power play 5:43 into overtime, and Ottawa recovered after giving up a three-goal lead to beat Boston and take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. Despite all of Washington's firsts, the game ended like the previous two, and once again, in overtime, the Maple Leafs defeated the mighty Washington Capitals 4-3.
The Leafs, meawhile, could not bury some fortunate bounces in Washington's zone and were starting to fire away in desperation. The Capitals, for example, have no answer at the moment for the Maple Leafs blinding speed and veteran coach Barry Trotz is getting caught too often with the wrong people out on the ice.
Andersen was playing well but the Capitals were pushing hard in the first and second period.
Perry's sharp-angled shot deflected off several players and past Flames goalie Brian Elliott.
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The series continues Wednesday in Toronto at 7:00 pm.
The Leafs have Auston Matthews, William Nylander, Mitchell Marner, and Jake Gardiner, just to name a few that are insane fast.
While the stars have scored and netminder Braden Holtby has been fine in the first three contests, the defense corps was downright very bad in Game 3's staggering overtime loss.
That the Capitals entered the third period tied was disappointing after their first period checked off all the necessary boxes. Near the end of regulation, Kuznetsov shot what would have conceivably been the game-winning goal off the post after catching Frederik Anderson down low.
The Leafs were buzzing, in total control of the play and their resilience was rewarded with another power play. The fifth game was back to overtime and was the club record for its longest game, a six-period marathon settled early in the morning of April 4 by Ken Doraty. Despite not scoring, Toronto was so in control that it wasn't until there was 6:30 remaining in regulation that Washington got a shot on goal in the period, and it was a soft Ovechkin wrister from the blue line which Andersen handled easily.
"But I still don't think we've played out best game yet", Andersen added. But when Washington's Lars Eller took a high-sticking penalty at 19:44, Toronto opened the overtime on the power play and took advantage.
For the Caps, their last four playoff losses happened in OT (which meant that, duh, they were decided by one-goal) on top of two more close affairs they suffered at the hands of the Penguins past year.
Bozak comes up big in OTThe Toronto Maple Leafs pile on after Tyler Bozak's game-winning goal.
"We have to play our game", said captain Alex Ovechkin.
Besides, as Rielly pointed out, it's not as though the Leafs are looking around and thinking they're lucky to be in the playoffs.
1-for-14 the Sharks' power play as they trail 2-1 in their series against the Oilers; San Jose allowed two shorthanded goals in a Game 2 loss. The hosts also outshot the Capitals 28-26. Early in the third, Filip Forsberg tallied the Preds' first goal of the game after an awkward bounce off a stanchion behind the net had Corey Crawford turned around as the puck landed in the crease for Forsberg to tap in.
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