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WASHINGTON — Bo Horvat apologized before the game for a comment that sounded like a dig against his former team. All of the Islanders should be saying sorry for a weak effort against the depleted, playing-out-the-string Capitals in a game that may keep them out of the playoffs.

Strome is getting a raise from the $3.5 million deal he signed with the Capitals after the Blackhawks opted not to tender him a qualifying offer and made him a free agent.

Andre Svechnikov scored his eighth goal of the season to even the score in the second period, and then won the game with a goal on the teams’ second attempt in the shootout to lift Carolina to a 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Monday at PNC Arena.

Despite receiving a one-year contract worth $3.5 million from Washington, the great Strome mystery — ‘Why do NHL teams not value him as much as they should?’ — nonetheless remains.

DETROIT — This NHL offseason promised to be wild and woolly and, so far, hasn't disappointed.

The Hawks’ recent rate of turnover on the ice, behind the bench, in the front office and beyond has been stunning. But for the most part, this was a mess that needed this kind of deep cleaning.

Strome and Kubalik did not receive qualifying offers, as expected; Caleb Jones and Philipp Kurashev were the only Hawks who did. Borgstrom and Connolly were placed on waivers for buyout purposes.

Cleaning up Stan Bowman’s mess was the easy part. Now Davidson will have to be accountable for his own inevitable mistakes — and handle the unpopularity of being a general manager through a rebuild.

Ahead of the draft Thursday, general manager Kyle Davidson said there has been “lots of talk,” but negotiations have been “distilled down to a few teams the last little while.”