WASHINGTON -- Jakob Chychrun scored at 1:20 of overtime, and the Washington Capitals rallied for a 5-4 win against the New York Islanders at Capital One Arena on Friday. Chychrun entered the zone and put a wrist shot past Semyon Varlamov from the top of the slot to win it for Washington, which trailed 4-2 entering the third period.

The Washington Capitals ended a four-game winless streak at home with a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders behind Chychryn's overtime goal.

Tom Wilson struck twice and Nic Dowd and Dylan Strome also scored for the Capitals, who rallied back from a 4-2 deficit and have now won three of five without captain Alex Ovechkin.

Chychrun had the overtime winner, and Tom Wilson struck twice as Washington rallied for a 5-4 OT win. Here are all the takeaways from the victory. It didn't appear early on that the Capitals would be in for another furious comeback game,

Jakub Chychrun scored his third career overtime goal 1:20 into the extra session as the Washington Capitals completed a comeback from a 4-2 third period deficit to earn a 5-4 overtime victory over the Islanders before a Black Friday sellout crowd of 18,

Jakob Chychrun scored in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 5-4 comeback win over the visiting New York Islanders on Friday. Down 4-2 through two periods, the Capitals equalized on third-period goals from Dylan Strome at 1:20 and Tom Wilson at the 7:24 mark.

Caps claim their third comeback win in as many games, prevailing over Isles For the third time in as many games and the League-leading ninth time this season, the Capitals mounted a comeback to win a hockey game on Friday afternoon at Capital One Arena.