Capitals top Pens in OT; Phillies sweep Nationals

T.J. Oshie completed a hat trick in overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night in a classic start to the highly anticipated second-round playoff series between Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.

Oshie’s wraparound goal 9:33 into overtime of Game 1 stood up after video review once it was definitively shown that the puck went over the goal line.

Vezina Trophy finalist Braden Holtby made 42 saves, and Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Capitals.

Pittsburgh’s Matt Murray stopped 43 shots. Ben Lovejoy, Evgeni Malkin and Nick Bonino scored for the Penguins, who will try to even the series Saturday night in Game 2.

Ovechkin assisted on Oshie’s second goal, while Crosby was on the ice for three goals against. This is the first playoff meeting between the 2004 and 2005 No. 1 picks since 2009.

RUPP DOUBLE SINKS NATS

Cameron Rupp hit a tiebreaking, tworun double off Jonathan Papelbon in a three-run ninth inning, and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 3-0 to complete a threegame sweep.

Aaron Nola, Dalier Hinojosa, Elvis Araujo (1-0) and Jeanmar Gomez combined on a four-hitter and extended Washington’s scoreless streak to 22 innings.

Philadelphia has won six of seven and at 12-10 moved two games over .500. The Phillies swept a series in Washington for the first time since May 2009.

l Jake Arrieta’s bid for a second straight no-hitter ended after five pitches, but the Cubs ace went on to win his 16th straight decision, leading host Chicago over the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2.

Arrieta (5-0) allowed one run, three hits and four walks in five innings — the first run he allowed at Wrigley Field since July 25. Alex Presley’s fifth-inning RBI double ended Arrieta’s home scoreless streak at 52 2/3 innings, four outs shy of Ray Herbert’s major league record set with the Chicago White Sox in 1962-63.

l Chicago White Sox closer David Robertson will miss at least three games after being placed on the bereavement list before Thursday’s series opener at Baltimore Orioles. Robertson’s father-in-law died.

Robertson leads the AL with eight saves. He has an 0.87 ERA with 13 strikeouts and a .152 (5-33) opponents’ batting average.

The Orioles won, 10-2.