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Tampa, FL (SportsNetwork. Johnny Green Jersey .com) - Alex Ovechkin scored twice, and the Washington Capitals grabbed a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Matt Niskanen, Troy Brouwer and Brooks Laich also scored for the Capitals, who have won three straight. Braden Holtby made 33 saves in the win. Valtteri Filppula, Brian Boyle and Steven Stamkos each had a goal for the Lightning, who have lost three of their last four. Ben Bishop allowed four goals on 34 shots. It took just 40 seconds for Washington to get on the board as Ovechkin was able to chip a shot in between the pads of Bishop from the low left side. Tampa tied the game at 13:49 of the first when Victor Hedmans slap shot from the left point was redirected in by Boyle in front of the net. The Capitals, though, took a 2-1 lead just 34 seconds later with a power-play marker off a one-timer from the top of the left circle by Niskanen. Another quick goal to start the period, this one from Tampa Bay, tied the game as Stamkos turnaround wrister from the slot found the top left corner 47 seconds in. It was his 250th career goal. However, Washington once again took the lead four minutes later after Laich stuffed the loose puck in from the right side for his third of the year. Filppula scored with 3.2 seconds to play, and it was just enough time for Ovechkin to put the puck into the empty net before the buzzer to account for the final score. Game Notes Washington hosts Columbus on Thursday ... Tampa Bay hosts Carolina on Thursday ... Tampa Bay defeated Washington, 4-3, at home on Nov. 1 ... Washington was 1-for-2 on the power play, while Tampa was 0-for-3 ... Hedman had three assists. Wayne Ellington Jersey . Vincent Lamar Carter is no longer the lean, athletic dynamo who dazzled Raptors fans with eye-popping dunks that posterized even the leagues best defenders. Carl Braun Jersey . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91.Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Mason Plumlee posted 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Brooklyn Nets, who survived a late comeback effort by the Detroit Pistons to hold on for a 110-105 victory at the Barclays Center. It was a big win for us, we made plays down the stretch and it feels really good, Plumlee said. Brooklyn had a 15-point fourth-quarter lead cut down to one after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope buried a 3-point shot with 9.8 seconds left, but held off the Pistons over the remainder to halt a three-game losing streak. Plumlee went 9-of-10 from the field and Joe Johnson recorded 16 points and seven assists for the Nets. Jarrett Jack, starting in place of an injured Deron Williams, contributed 15 points and 10 assists to the win. He played a great game tonight. Brooklyn is utilizing him the right way. Hes going to thrive here, Detroit center Andre Drummond said. Caldwell-Pope finished with 20 points and Drummond had 18 along with 20 rebounds -- 13 on the offensive end. However, the Pistons couldnt complete the rally and fell for the 17th time in 19 games. Greg Monroe delivered 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and pulled down eight boards in the loss. The Nets took control late in the third quarter, with Bojan Bogdanovic and Mirza Teletovic each scoring five points during a 10-2 run that turned a tied game into an 82-74 lead with 1:36 left in the period. Detroit then made just one basket over the first four-plus minutes of the fourth quarter, enabling Brooklyn to seemingly pull away. Plumlee had three close-range baskets during a 15-3 surge that staked the Nets to a 98-83 advantage with under 5 1/2 minutes left. Marcus Morris Jersey. The Pistons then came charging back behind Caldwell-Pope, who knocked down two triples to spark a 15-4 sequence that Brandon Jennings capped with a 3- pointer of his own. A pair of Drummond buckets shortly after suddenly brought Detroit within 104-102 with 41.2 seconds left. Caldwell-Popes uncontested 25-footer out of a timeout trimmed the deficit to 106-105, but he misfired from long range after Johnson hit two from the line to send Brooklyn up by three. Though Kevin Garnett missed two foul shots for the Nets to keep it a 108-105 game, Brooklyn deliberately fouled Josh Smith on the resulting rebound to prevent a potential game-tying 3-point try. Smith missed the first attempt, however, then intentionally was off on the second and Garnett grabbed the carom with two seconds remaining. Brooklyn opened up a 13-point lead during the latter stages of the first quarter, using a 10-2 push to go up 28-15. The Nets owned a nine-point cushion with a minute left in the half, before Detroit closed out the stanza with a 7-0 surge capped by a Drummond dunk that cut the margin to 53-51 at the break. Game Notes Williams strained his right calf during Fridays loss at Cleveland ... Brooklyn finished 22-of-29 at the foul line, compared to a 16-of-26 rate for the Pistons ... Detroit has allowed 110 points or more each time during its four-game losing streak ... The Nets matched a season-best with 29 assists on 40 field goals ... Jennings shot just 3-of-12 in an eight-point effort. ' ' '