Last night, the Capitals offense was provided entirely by No. 21. After giving up the first goal in the second, Washington came out in the third and immediately tied the game up off a Protas one-timer in the slot, which came from a nifty pass by Pierre-Luc Dubois.

After a four-day break, the Washington Capitals made their return to action with a tough matchup against the Columbus Blue Jackets. It would be a goalie battle from start to finish, with Charlie Lindgren facing off against Jet Greaves — the AHL goaltender of the month for November — and ultimately,

COLUMBUS -- Aliaksei Protas scored his second goal of the game at 2:23 of overtime, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 at Nationwide Arena on Thursday to extend their road winning streak to 10 games.