BUFFALO — Alex Ovechkin scored the tying goal and then had the decisive shootout goal, helping the Washington Capitals snap a two-game skid with a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.

Anthony Mantha and Nick Jensen also scored for Washington. Ilya Samsonov stopped 20 shots through regulation and allowed one goal on three shootout attempts.

Jeff Skinner scored twice and Victor Olofsson added a goal for Buffalo, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Buffalo squandered a chance to win four straight for the first time since a 10-game winning streak in November 2018.

Tokarski stopped 37 shots through overtime, including foiling John Carlson on bang-bang chances off a two-on-one break before the overtime buzzer.

After Buffalo’s Tage Thompson and Evgeny Kuznetsov traded shootout goals, Ovechkin scored on Washington’s third opportunity. He drove in from the right side and faked going forehand before going backhand to chip the puck in over Tokarski at the left post.

The teams traded leads twice before Ovechkin scored his 41st goal of the season to tie the score at 3 with 3:13 left in the second period.

Kuznetsov won a faceoff to the right of the Sabres net and drew it back to Ovechkin, who blasted a shot that deflected off the stick of Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin and sailed over Tokarski’s right shoulder. Kuznetsov’s assist extended his career-best point streak to 11 games, during which he has seven goals and seven assists.

Ovechkin scored after Skinner, with his second of the game, and Olofsson scored 2:25 apart to put Buffalo up 3-2 with 7:05 left in the second period.

Olofsson was looking to the rafters after squandering an ideal scoring opportunity 5:15 into the third period. With Samsonov out of position, Olofsson had the puck in the slot and shot wide of the open net.