Kings are Stinking Up the Ice - Lose at Home Again

Back on the road with the worst overall record in the Eastern Conference, the Washington Capitals had four days off to work on their struggling special-team play. It all came together just in time against the Los Angeles Kings.

Brian Sutherby tied the score with a short-handed goal midway through the third period and Jamie Heward added his second power-play goal of the game with 1:03 left, rallying the Capitals to a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.

"It was nice to have our power play win a game for us," Heward said. "We've worked so hard at making it better and getting to a position where we could win. We've tried to find an identity we can rely on every night, and that's hard work. We had four days to kind of figure out what we wanted to do and where we needed to improve, and it paid off."

Eric Belanger and Sean Avery scored on the power play for the Kings, who have lost six of eight. The victory was only the third in 14 road games this season for the Capitals.