Capitals win, force Game 7 in New York

With his mother covering her eyes in the stands, Holtby made only one error, and it came with 50.5 seconds remaining - a goal that was credited to Marian Gaborik and deflected off a skate and someone in a scrum in the crease. Forgive any Capitals fans for thinking, "Uh, oh. Here we go again." But Washington held on this time.

Ovechkin's reduced role became a major talking point throughout these playoffs: Usually a 20-minute-a-game guy, he played as few as 131/2 minutes in Game 2 against New York. He also came up quiet in Game 5 on Monday night, with no shots on goal, only the second time in 49 career playoff games that had happened to the man they call Alex the Great.

That 3-2 victory for the Rangers was the sort of setback that can be tough to set aside. New York scored one power-play goal to tie it with 7.6 seconds left in the third period, and another to win it about 11/2 minutes into overtime.

The Capitals, though, staved off elimination and are proving to be quite adept at bouncing back. They are 4-0 in games immediately after overtime losses in these playoffs, they haven't lost consecutive games since March 22-23, and Holtby is 6-0 after any defeat this postseason, his first in the NHL.

Before Wednesday's game, Ovechkin told reporters: "We just can't go home right now."

He helped make sure they didn't yet. - Associated Press