Nick Schmaltz scores the shootout winner to send Utah to a 5-4 victory over the Capitals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nick Schmaltz scored the shootout winner, leading the Utah Hockey Club to a 5-4 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

Josh Doan and Dylan Guenther each had a goal and an assist, and Michael Carcone and Jack McBain also scored for Utah, which has won three of its last four games. Utah jumped out to an early lead when Doan scored just over a minute into the game and Carcone scored 32 seconds later.

Connor Ingram had nine saves on 11 shots before leaving the game due to an upper-body injury. Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 of 32 shots in relief and all three shootout attempts for Utah.

Tom Wilson scored twice, Alex Ovechkin had three assists and Dylan Strome and Pierre-Luc Dubois added goals for Washington, which has lost three of its last five games. Logan Thompson, who entered the game ranked second in the NHL in save percentage, made 24 saves.

Utah: Dylan Guenther continues to be a force on offense, extending his point streak to four games. He has seven points in that span and reached the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career.

Capitals: After going three straight games without a power-play goal, Washington went 2 for 2 with a man advantage.

After a late rally by Washington forced overtime and an eventual shootout, Nick Schmaltz deked Thompson and beat him high on the stick side.

Alex Ovechkin didn’t inch closer to Wayne Gretzky’s scoring record, but his three assists extended his point streak to five games and moved him past Phil Esposito for 11th place on the NHL’s all-time point list.

After a break for the 4 Nations Face-Off, the Capitals are at Pittsburgh on Feb. 22. Utah is at Los Angeles, also on Feb. 22.

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Utah Hockey Club right wing Dylan Guenther (11) battles for the puck against Washington Capitals center Aliaksei Protas (21) and center Connor McMichael (24) during overtime of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) skates with the puck during overtime of an NHL hockey game against the Utah Hockey Club, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) looks for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Utah Hockey Club, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson, center, celebrates his goal with left wing Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) next to Utah Hockey Club defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Utah Hockey Club left wing Lawson Crouse (67) passes the puck against Washington Capitals defenseman Jakob Chychrun (6) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) passes the puck against Utah Hockey Club defenseman Michael Kesselring (7) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals right wing Brandon Duhaime (22) and Utah Hockey Club center Kevin Stenlund (82) scuffle during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Utah Hockey Club center Nick Bjugstad (17) and Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson, left, dodge the flying puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Utah Hockey Club center Nick Schmaltz (8) scores during the shootout of an NHL hockey game against Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48), Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)