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Capitals end game on 2-0 run, top Kings 4-3

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Nic Dowd - Two-point effort in winDowd notched a goal and an assist in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Kings.

ImpactThe checking-line center opened the scoring early in the second period, beating Cam Talbot on the backhand to complete a 2-on-1 rush. Dowd is suddenly making regular appearances on the scoresheet, racking up two goals and five points over the last five games, but that accounts for half his production on the season -- through 29 contests, the 33-year-old has six goals and 10 points.

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel - Pops for three points SundayAube-Kubel produced a goal and two assists in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Kings.

ImpactThe 27-year-old fourth-liner hadn't even managed two points in a contest since Nov. 10, his first game up after being recalled from AHL Hershey, but Aube-Kubel carried the Caps offense in a career-best performance. While his ice time and role give him a limited fantasy ceiling, he is quietly on pace to reach 30 points in a season for the first time too, compiling four goals and 11 points in 26 games.

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John Carlson - Two points including GWGCarlson scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in Sunday's 4-3 victory over the Kings.

ImpactHe also added four shots on net, a blocked shot and a plus-3 rating. Carlson has found the scoresheet in three straight games, and Sunday's GWG was his first of the season. The 33-year-old blueliner has had a roller coaster season so far, along with the rest of the Capitals' roster, but over the last 10 contests he's managed two goals and eight points.

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Darcy Kuemper - Hangs on for win No. 10Kuemper stopped 38 shots in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Kings.

ImpactLos Angeles grabbed a 3-2 lead early in the third period, but Kuemper held fast down the stretch and gave the Caps a chance to rally, with John Carlson potting the winner inside the final minute of regulation. Kuemper has given up at least three goals in five straight starts, and on the season the veteran netminder is 10-9-2 with a shaky 3.24 GAA and .893 save percentage.

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Kevin Fiala - Two tallies in Sunday's lossFiala scored two goals, one on the power play, in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Capitals.

ImpactHis tally early in the third period gave the Kings a 3-2 lead that eventually slipped away. Fiala has found the back of the net four times in the last six games, but those are his only points in his last eight contests -- a reversal of the 10-game stretch prior to that, when he had 10 helpers but no goals. On the season, Fiala has compiled 10 goals and 33 points in 36 contests, keeping him within striking distance of a third straight point-a-game campaign.

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Cam Talbot - Takes fourth straight lossTalbot made 30 saves in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Capitals.

ImpactThe back-and-forth contest was decided inside the final minute of the third period, as John Carlson's point shot deflected off the skate of Phillip Danault and over Talbot's shoulder. The netminder is 0-3-1 over his last four starts, but bad luck and a lack of goal support have been the biggest issues for him -- since the beginning of December, Talbot sports a 2.37 GAA and .914 save percentage but has just a 4-5-2 record to show for it.

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