Stars' Jake Oettinger blanks Ovechkin, Capitals in 1-0 win

DALLAS (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 24 saves recording his first shutout of the season and Tyler Seguin scored a power-play goal deflected off a Washington defenseman’s stick as the Dallas Stars beat the Capitals 1-0 on Tuesday night.

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, the NHL career leader with 899 career regular-season goals, was held without a goal for the second consecutive game.

Oettinger improved to 6-0-0 in his career against the Caps as the Stars (6-3-1) won their third straight.

The Capitals (6-4-0) dropped their second straight for their first losing streak of the season and lost on the road for the first time. They were shut out for the first time, hitting three posts.

Washington's Logan Thompson, who leads the NHL in goals against average at 1.44, stopped 18 shots.

Seguin, playing in his 999th career game, centered the puck just above the crease looking for Jason Robertson. Capitals defenseman Martin Fehervary extended his stick to break up the pass and knocked the puck past Thompson.

The goal came 43 seconds into the second period, 20 seconds into the second penalty called on Tom Wilson.

Ovechkin had two shots on goal. His best chance came midway through the third in the high slot with Oettinger making a kick save.

With Dallas forward Roope Hintz sidelined for the second straight game with an undisclosed injury, the Stars played with 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

The Capitals played their first full game without center Dylan Strome, who left Saturday’s 7-1 loss to Ottawa in the first period after a collision into the end boards. Strome is listed as day-to-day. Then on Monday, defenseman Rasmus Sandin was placed on injured reserve. Sandin suffered an upper body injury on Oct. 21.

The Stars will play at Tampa Bay on Thursday. The Capitals host the New York Islanders on Friday.

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Washington Capitals' Tom Wilson (43) is escorted to the penalty box by linesman CJ Murray (68) in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) defends against a loose puck as Connor McMichael (24), Ryan Leonard (9) and Declan Chisholm (47) help to clear it as Dallas Stars left wing Adam Erne (73) pressures on the play in the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin watches play from the bench in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen (4), Tyler Seguin, second from left, Mikko Rantanen (96) and Wyatt Johnston (53) celebrate a goal scored by Seguin in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) blocks a shot as Thomas Harley (55) looks on in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

BOSTON (AP) — Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity.

Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility last Friday, but their deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial, leaving the case unresolved.

Attorney Kevin Reddington's motion asked the same judge to acquit Clancy, which would prevent a second trial. Prosecutors have yet to say whether they'll seek to put the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse on trial again, and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz did not respond to a phone message Thursday seeking comment.

Neither side disputed that Clancy strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life. But her attorney said she was a loving mother in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors argued she knew what she was doing.

The trial generated intense interest for weeks, drawing attention to maternal mental health after childbirth.

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Under Massachusetts law, prosecutors had to prove either that Clancy did not have a mental disease or defect or that, despite having one, she retained the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions or conform her conduct to the law.

Reddington argued in Thursday’s court filing that prosecutors proved neither, and asked Judge William Sullivan to consider the motion at a court conference scheduled for Sept. 29.

The defense attorney said none of the psychiatric experts, either called by the prosecution or defense, disputed that Clancy was suffering from a mental illness. “The testimony bears on which illness she had, not on whether she had one,” he wrote.

Prosecutors pointed to Clancy’s actions in the weeks, days and hours leading up to the killings — driving, planning a child’s birthday party, bringing her daughter to a doctor’s appointment — and her ability to perform other everyday tasks as evidence she was of sound mind when the killings took place.

“Competence at routine tasks,” Reddington argued Thursday, “during a crisis which every witness agreed was acute, is not proof of criminal responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The judge acknowledged during jury deliberations that the trial had been emotionally and physically exhausting for everyone. Much of the testimony was excruciating to hear, from the heartbreaking 911 call made by the children’s father who found their bodies, to the descriptions of how they died.

Clancy was brought to tears several times. At one point, the judge called a short break as Clancy’s loud sobs filled the courtroom while the children’s autopsy photos were shown. She remains paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from the home's second story, and is expected to stay at a psychiatric hospital until her case is resolved.

District Attorney for Plymouth County Timothy Cruz, front, leaves court after the judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial at Plymouth County Superior Court, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Judge William Sullivan indicates he was going to declare a mistrial before changing course and giving Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney one hour to appeal as the jury in the case has indicated they they are unable to reach a verdict on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington and defendant Lindsay Clancy listen to Judge William Sullivan speak with the jury after declaring a mistrial at court in Plymouth, Mass., on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Defendant Lindsay Clancy looks at the jury after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clancy's murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)