The NHL named Jakob Chychrun the Third Star for the week ending December 1. The 26-year-old defenseman was instrumental in the Washington Capitals’ four-game winning streak last week.

Jakob Chychrun scored the overtime winner and had an assist and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-4.

Capitals Jakob Chychrun gives Capitals power play a fresh look that’s paying off Continuing an experiment started with Alex Ovechkin out, Washington has kept Chychrun on the top unit as a second ...

Washington inserted Chychrun onto the team’s top power play unit when Alex Ovechkin went down, and has kept him there since the captain’s return with positive results.

Capitals defenseman Jakob Chychrun, almost to the word, echoed Carbery. “ (Strome is) so smart,” Chychrun said Tuesday.

Tom Wilson scored twice, and Dylan Strome had the third-period winner for Washington, which has won four in a row and eight of nine overall.

Chychrun is rolling in January with eight points over 13 outings, including four power-play points. He helped out on a Dylan Strome tally in the second period. The 26-year-old Chychrun is up to 33 ...

WASHINGTON — Jakob Chychrun scored the overtime winner and had an assist and the Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5-4. Tom Wilson struck twice and Nic Dowd and Dylan Strome also ...