Woll, Matthews power Maple Leafs past slumping Capitals

Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs (4-2-0). John Tavares and William Nylander each scored.

Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal of the season for the Capitals (1-3-1), and Darcy Kuemper made 13 saves. Washington has scored six regulation goals in its five games this season.

Rielly gave the Maple Leafs a 1-0 lead at 12:53 of the first period with a power-play goal when he took a pass at the bottom of the right circle from Timothy Liljegren and beat Kuemper far side.

Ovechkin was awarded a penalty shot at 2:45 of the second period after he was hooked by Mark Giordano on a breakaway, but Woll made a blocker save on his backhand attempt.

Tavares made it 2-0 at 5:41 redirecting a pass from Rielly past Kuemper.

Nylander increased the lead to 3-0 at 6:29 when he received a stretch pass from Matthews, got around defenseman Nick Jensen and lifted the puck over Kuemper’s shoulder.

Matthews made it 4-0 at 15:07, scoring on a one-timer from the left circle during a power play.

Ovechkin pulled Washington within 4-1 at 19:49 when he tipped in a pass from John Carlson at the side of the net. It was the 300th power-play goal of his career and 823rd overall. He is 71 goals behind Wayne Gretzky for the most in NHL history.

Washington appeared to take a 1-0 lead at 4:15 of the first period when Nicklas Backstrom scored during a scramble in front. Toronto used a coach’s challenge for goalie interference and a video review overturned the call determining that Ovechkin, who took a shot and then fell into the net, impaired Woll’s ability to play his position in the crease.

It was Capitals coach Spencer Carbery’s first game against the Maple Leafs, for whom he spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach.