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Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Nicklas Backstrom notched his first career hat trick to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots, Eric Fehr scored an empty-net goal and Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson each supplied two assists for the Capitals, who have won four of their last five games. You just have to put the puck on the net, Backstrom said. Some nights are just like this. Tyler Johnson and Matt Carle each scored late in the third period and Ben Bishop made 24 saves for Tampa Bay, which has dropped three of its last four. After a scoreless first, Tampa Bay was unable to take advantage of a 5-on-3 power play for a full two minutes after Mike Green went off for hooking and Ovechkin sat for roughing at 6:49 of the second. The Capitals gained momentum after the big penalty kill and got on the board a few minutes later when Backstrom cruised into the slot and lifted a backhander over Bishop at 10:33. Ovechkin slipped a pass back to Backstrom, who had initial shot turned aside, but tapped in the rebound for a 2-0 lead with 1:20 remaining in the middle stanza. Backstrom raced up the slot, took a dish from Ovechkin and tallied the hat trick after his wrister found twine 2:17 into the third. The Lightning pulled within a goal late in regulation. Johnson scored on a wrister from the right circle with under five minutes remaining and Carle weaved around a defender before beating Holtby less than two minutes later. Tampa Bay pulled Bishop with over a minute to play, but Fehr fired a puck into the empty net to seal the win. Midway through the first, Valtteri Filppula skated around the back of the net and slipped a pass to Steven Stamkos, who deposited the puck into a wide-open net. The referees, however, conferred and waved off the goal, ruling that Ryan Callahan interfered with Holtby. Washington held a 12-2 shot advantage after the opening 20 minutes of play. 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Willian says the Chelsea players dont want Tottenham to win the league and will be doing their upmost to beat them Former Chelsea player and coach Wilkins beelieves these stats will not hamper Spurs belief, but he expects the outgoing champions to end their pursuit of the championship.ddddddddddddSpurs will take the game as it comes. They wont be worried too much about those stats, he told Sky Sports News HQ.Theyre playing some exceptional football at the moment and theyll think they can go and win at Stamford Bridge tonight. John Terry is expected to return for Chelsea and Wilkins thinks he will be crucial Those players have to believe. The Chelsea lads dont get on with Tottenham, shall we say, and they will be going hammer and tongs to make sure Chelsea win and Claudio Ranieri wraps up the title.Chelsea midfielder and ex-Arsenal star Cesc Fabregas recently admitted, as a pundit on Monday Night Football, that he did not want Spurs to win the league. And Wilkins said: Hes an ex-Gooner, so hes got that bit extra against Tottenham anyway, and youd expect him to have that opinion.Chelsea have underperformed and they will want to stop Tottenham progressing tonight.It will be played in that environment and if John Terry comes back, as much as Tottenham will be fired-up to win, hell make sure Chelsea are too. Also See: Sky Live: Chelsea v Tottenham Hiddink turns up heat on Spurs Redknapps MNF preview Police warning ahead of derby ' ' '