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OTTAWA Jakob Silfverberg Jersey , Ontario (AP) — acquired Matt Duchene from the Ottawa Senators on Friday in exchange for a 2019 first-round draft pick and two top prospects, adding a veteran center as they make a push for a playoff spot.The 28-year-old Duchene, one of the top players available ahead of Monday’s NHL trade deadline, was dealt for forwards Vitaly Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson. Columbus also got minor league defenseman Julius Bergman hours before the two teams played each other in Ottawa.Duchene did not record a point in 19:11 of ice time in his Columbus debut as the Blue Jackets beat the Senators 3-0.Columbus will send an additional 2020 first-round draft pick to Ottawa if it is able to sign Duchene to a contract extension. He will be an unrestricted free agent after the season, as will new Columbus teammates Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky.“Matt Duchene is an elite player in the National Hockey League, and we are extremely excited to bring him to Columbus,” general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. “He is a tremendous skater, exceptional in the faceoff circle and a proven goal scorer and point producer in our league. We believe he is a tremendous fit for our team.”Duchene is the second-leading scorer on the Senators with 58 points (27 goals, 21 assists).The Blue Jackets moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division with Friday night’s win, and Duchene said he was excited to have a shot at the playoffs.“That’s what I’m looking for and that’s what gets me up every morning for sure http://www.officialducks.com/authentic-adidas-john-gibson-jersey ,” Duchene said. “I’ve been fortunate to be on a lot of good international teams and win some big tournaments, but I’ve never had a chance to play in the playoffs consistently.”The Blue Jackets badly needed a play-making center behind top-liner Pierre Luc-Dubois.Boone Jenner was pressed into action as the second-line center this season but has battled injuries. Coach John Tortorella has expressed frustration with the lack of production from centers Alexander Wennberg and Brandon Dubinsky.Wennberg finished the 2016-17 season with 59 points but his performance has dropped off. He and Dubinsky have combined for seven goals and 33 points this season.A two-time All-Star, Duchene has 228 goals and 307 assists in 704 career NHL games with Ottawa and the Colorado Avalanche, where he spent his first eight seasons after he was the third overall pick in the 2009 draft. This season, he has won 55 percent of his faceoffs and is averaging 19:14 of ice time.The Senators are at the bottom of the NHL standings and there have also been off-ice problems.Owner Eugene Melnyk threatened to move the club if ticket sales didn’t improve a month after Duchene’s arrival. Assistant GM Randy Lee was charged with harassing a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver at the pre-draft combine and eventually stepped down. The wife of Senators captain Erik Karlsson made cyberbullying accusations against the fiancee of winger Mike Hoffman, who was quickly traded — and then Karlsson himself was sent to San Jose at the start of training camp.More moves could be coming. Like Duchene, Mark Stone and Ryan Dzingel were held out of Thursday’s game in New Jersey. Stone and Dzingel were scratched again Friday night.“When we acquired Matt in November of 2017, we had hoped his addition would drive us to another deep playoff run,” general manager Pierre Dorion said. “Obviously that did not materialize; more than a year ago, we shifted our focus to a proper rebuild of the entire organization. Our desire was to have Matt be part of this and as such we approached him with a fair and comprehensive contract offer to remain a Senator for the long term.“As soon as it was determined that he did not want to be part of our rebuild Authentic Josh Manson Jersey , we shifted our focus to see what assets we could acquire in exchange for Matt that would help grow our pipeline of potential.”The 20-year-old Abramov, a winger, had 12 goals and 10 assists in 54 games for the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters this season. The 21-year-old Davidsson has 10 goals and 10 assists in 35 games during the forward’s fourth season with Djurgarden of the Swedish Hockey League.The three-team trade with Nashville that brought Duchene to Ottawa included the Senators sending their first-round pick to the Avalanche, and that will happen this year after the Senators took Brady Tkachuk fourth overall last June. Under Friday’s trade, if Columbus misses the playoffs and wins one of the first three picks in the lottery, the Blue Jackets keep that pick and Ottawa will receive Columbus’ 2020 first-round selection instead.It all means the Ottawa could end up missing out on Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko, the presumptive top picks in the 2019 draft. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored goals in bunches once again — until the shootout. Then it was up to Jakub Vrana to clinch an important victory for the Washington Capitals.The three-time MVP had his second consecutive hat trick, Vrana scored in the sixth round of the tiebreaker and the Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 on Friday night.Ovechkin’s three goals gave him an NHL-best 28 this season and nine in his last five games. His 13-game point streak matched his career high set in 2006-07.“I don’t know what to say — I just try to do my job,” Ovechkin said. “Everybody tries to score goals Ondrej Kase Jersey , everybody wants to score goals. In this league, it’s hard to do that. I feel like I play with great players. They set me up, and I just have to do my job.”Tom Wilson and Travis Boyd also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who have won 11 of 13. The Metropolitan Division leaders got three goals in a 5:42 span of the second to tie it at 4, a burst capped when Boyd redirected in John Carlson’s shot with 1:41 left in the period. It was the Capitals’ largest deficit overcome in a victory this season.“You still have to figure out how you’re going to win with the group that we presently have in the locker room, and obviously the majority of our roster was part of what we were able to accomplish last year, so you have a little bit of I’d say equity on that one,” coach Todd Reirden said. “At the end of the day, you have to find ways to do it with a new group in there, and we’re doing it with a four-line attack.”Justin Williams scored the tying goal with 6:12 remaining Rickard Rakell Jersey , and Sebastian Aho had two goals and two assists for Carolina.Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and two assists and Jordan Martinook also scored for the Hurricanes, who had three power-play goals but have lost three straight and six of seven. They have allowed 15 goals — not including the tiebreaker in this one — during their last three losses.Dougie Hamilton and Nicklas Backstrom both scored in the fourth round of the shootout. After Braden Holtby stopped Brock McGinn in the sixth round, Vrana ended it with a wrist shot to Scott Darling’s glove side.Holtby finished with 22 saves for the Capitals. Darling made 24 stops in his first start with Carolina since Nov. 24.Ovechkin put Washington up 5-4 with 10:11 remaining, blasting a one-timer from the left circle past Darling on the power play, before his former teammate with the Capitals — Williams — tied it nearly four minutes later with a backhand.Ovechkin also scored on Washington’s first shot of the game, another one-timer from the circle at 3:56 of the first. His second goal came with some controversy, with the Hurricanes unsuccessfully clamoring for an interference penalty on Jonas Siegenthaler for his hit on Hamilton that cleared the way for the Capitals’ captain.“The game turned on that play,” said Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour, who said an official told him he didn’t see interference. “Then the momentum got going, and they cranked it up.”Aho Womens Ryan Getzlaf Jersey , who scored on a short-handed breakaway in the first, had his third career four-point game and extended his point streak to four games. He has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in nine career games against Washington, and he and Teravainen scored power-play goals 2:02 apart in the second period that seemingly put Carolina in control.Aho scored his second goal on a one-time rocket that got by Holtby, making it 3-1 at 4:39, and Wilson — in his first game back from a concussion that cost him three games — took an interference penalty for blind-siding Andrei Svechnikov with his shoulder 24 seconds later. Teravainen then made it a three-goal game with his wrist shot from the circle at 6:41.“We had plenty of time,” Ovechkin said. “We just had to play our game.”NOTES: Washington C Nic Dowd had a career-high three assists, and Carlson had two. … The Capitals have scored at least three goals in 13 straight games. … Carolina has allowed at least four goals in four of its last five games. … Wilson and Ovechkin both rang the post. … Siegenthaler set up Ovechkin’s first goal for his first NHL point.UP NEXTCapitals: Visit Buffalo on Saturday night.Hurricanes: Host Arizona on Sunday.