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Capitals’ penalty kill turned around along with their results vs. Columbus

The Washington Capitals have killed 13 straight penalties dating back to overtime of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Columbus Blue Jackets.

It’s far from, say, 53 straight kills — the NHL record set by the Capitals, coincidentally, in the 1999-2000 season — but it must feel something like that right now.

After their penalty kill went a combined 4-for-8 in Games 1 and 2 and they lost twice in overtime, the Capitals turned it around, at least partly accounting for their three straight wins that wrested control of this series away from Columbus.