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TAMPA, Fla. -- Brian Boyle picked the perfect time for his first career shootout goal.Boyle scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak.Simple game ... he just goes down there and shoots at the net, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.Tampa Bay won the shootout 2-1 when Boyle put a shot between Braden Holtbys pads. The Lightning forward was 0 for 4 in his previous shootout attempts.Come down with some speed, and try and use my reach. the 6-foot-6 Boyle said. Open up a hole.Brayden Point also scored in the tiebreaker for the Lightning and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for the Capitals.Tampa Bay got a regulation goal from Nikita Kucherov. Ben Bishop stopped 34 shots.Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Captials, who have lost three in a row (0-2-1). Holtby made 32 saves.Theyre in the same situation as us, Holtby said. A game like that can go either way, really.Kucherov opened the scoring with 7:22 left in the second for his 13th goal, coming from the top of the right circle during a power play that came about due to Alex Ovechkins second penalty in the game.Tampa Bay, which entered with the NHLs second-best power-play, went 1 for 3.It was just the sixth time this season that Washington allowed the first goal of a game.Ovechkin had four shots but saw his goal-scoring drought reach four straight games.Backstrom tied it at 1 on the power play at 6:24 of the third. Washington has three man-advantage goal on the road this season in 28 chances, including a 1-for-6 effort against the Lightning.Its better than nothing, Backstrom said about the Capitals getting a point. We had the opportunity (to win) but didnt do it.The Capitals got two shots but failed to score during a power play over the final 33.5 seconds of overtime.A little bit of a bend but no break, Bishop said. 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His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Cruiserweight world titleholder Oleksandr Usyk will make his first defense -- and his United States debut -- against Thabiso The Rock Mchunu on Dec. 17 at The Forum in Inglewood, California, K2 Promotions announced on Wednesday.Usyk-Mchunu will be televised on HBOs World Championship Boxing (10 p.m. ET/PT) and open a tripleheader that will be headlined by the previously announced farewell fight for 51-year-old legend Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2, 32 KOs), the former middleweight and light heavyweight world champion, who will end his 28-year career against Joe Smith (22-1, 18 KOs) in a 12-round light heavyweight contest.This is a great opportunity, Usyk said. Im very excited to fight for the first time in the United States and on HBO. After winning the world title in September, fighting in America was the next goal and I promise the fans in Los Angeles and those watching on HBO a great performance.Ukraines Usyk (10-0, 9 KOs), a 29-year-old southpaw with a big personality, won the Olympic heavyweight gold medal in 2012 and has moved quickly as a professional.On Sept. 17, Usyk traveled to Poland and won a unanimous decision against hometown fighter Krzysztof Glowacki to take his world title. By winning the 200-pound belt in only his 10th professional fight, Usyk broke the division record for fewest fights needed to win a world title, surpassing the mark held by Evander Holyfield, who won a cruiserweight world title in his 12th fight by outpointing Hall of Famer Dwight Muhammad Qawi in an epic 15-rounder in 1986.(Usyk) wants to be known as a true world champion, the same status the gold medal provided him as an amateur, said Alexander Krassyuk of K2 Promotions Ukraine. Were very thankful to HBO for this opportunity and see this as just the first step towards Oleksandr becoming a superstar in the United States.Usyk was initially supposed to face Bosnias 32-year-old Damir Beljo (22-0, 18 KOs) but Beljo ultimately declined to the fight because he did not believe he had enough time to properly prepare for the bout.Beljos decision opened the door for Mchunu (17-2, 11 KOs), a 28-year-old southpaw from South Africa, who made a name for himself in the United States in August 2013 when he upset Eddie Chambers by unanimous decision on a nationally televised card.Against good opposition, I The Rock always rise to the occasion, Mchunu said. Im eagerly focused on the throne.K2 Promotions managing director Tom Loeffler said it took only two days to make the fight with Main Events CEO Kathy Duva, Mchunus promoter, once Beljo dropped out.ddddddddddddWe give Mchunu and Kathy a lot of credit because they accepted the fight and it basically took two days to get it done, Loeffler said. It goes back to what I say about (Gennady Golovkins) fights: When two guys want to fight its easy to make a fight. We made the fight with Mchunu in two days. Hes not somebody you would pick for your first title defense. Hes a very skilled southpaw but Usyk doesnt care who he fights. Usyk is a throwback fighter. He doesnt care who he fights or where he fights. He just wants the opportunity to fight.Said Duva: Thabiso jumped at this opportunity the moment the offer was conveyed without hesitation. He is coming to win and it will be a great fight. I would also give all the credit in the world to Usyk for taking on such a tough challenge in his first defense of the title.Loeffler helped spearhead unified middleweight titleholder Golovkins arrival in the United States and an alliance with HBO as well as doing the same for pound-for-pound king Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez. He said he believes Usyk is capable of following in their footsteps.Weve seen what happened when GGG got the exposure on HBO and the same thing with Chocolatito, Loeffler said. When Gennady was unknown in the U.S. but an undefeated middleweight champion from Kazakhstan and when Roman was an undefeated champion from Nicaragua and came to the U.S., as soon as they had the exposure on HBO their careers went to another level. We expect the same for Usyk. We give (HBO Sports executive vice president) Peter Nelson a lot of credit. The cruiserweight division in the U.S. hasnt gotten the spotlight like it does in Europe but Peter is putting Usyk on like he did when he put on GGG and Roman. He saw their potential and sees Usyks. With the right exposure, Usyks career in the U.S. and internationally will take off.In the co-feature, rising featherweight contender Joseph JoJo Diaz Jr. (22-0, 13 KOs), a 2012 U.S. Olympian from South El Monte, California, will defend his regional belt against Horacio Violento Garcia (30-1-1, 22 KOs), 26, of Mexico, in a scheduled 10-round fight. ' ' '