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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Capitals were right on pace for another playoff collapse. Theyd already blown a two-game lead. They gave up a goal in the first minute of pivotal Game 5. They couldnt stay out of the penalty box. But they shut out the New York Rangers the rest of the night. They got a goal from Joel Ward to tie the game. They kept peppering Henrik Lundqvist, who denied league MVP candidate Alex Ovechkin nine times. Then, at 9:24 of overtime, Mike Ribeiro scored his first playoff goal in five years. The Capitals had a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Series lead restored. Momentum regained. Doubts erased -- for at least another couple of days. "Obviously just kind of got the nerves out there at the start," said Ward, who scored in the second period, "and fed off the crowd for the game. You know, we executed a couple times, got some chances and so did they, but we were fortunate to bury the last one." The Capitals now take their 3-2 series lead to New York for Sundays Game 6. The home team has won every game so far, with Washington taking the first two and New York pulling even in Games 3 and 4. Washington has also been fighting history along the way: The franchise has lost eight playoff series in which it has held a two-game lead, leading to collective jitters any time the other team mounts a comeback. Now its the Rangers who face a must-win in a series in which four of five games have been decided by one goal. "Its just a bounce here and there," said Lundqvist, who finished with 33 saves. "Its been that way the whole series. We have to continue to be positive and believe that we can do it." Ribeiro hadnt scored in the post-season since 2008, when he was playing with the Dallas Stars. He had never scored a winning goal in the playoffs until he opportunistically found the puck on his stick near the crease after a pinball deflection of a shot from Karl Alzner at the point. "I know I was behind that D, and the puck just came onto my stick," Ribeiro said. "It was pretty cool." Brian Boyle scored the Rangers lone goal 53 seconds into the game, but he also took a needless penalty that set up Wards power play goal in the second period. Braden Holtby (24 saves) and Lundqvist matched each other for the rest of regulation -- and a little beyond. Still, the Capitals were tight early on. Coach Adam Oates said before the game he was "worried" about the way his team would start out. His concern was justified. Dan Girardi dumped the puck behind the net. Derick Brassard was there and made a one-touch pass to Boyle, who had skated in front of the crease with barely a hindrance from Capitals defencemen. Boyle popped in his second goal of the series, and Brassard had his series-leading fifth assist. The Capitals stayed out of sorts well into the first period. Jason Chimera (boarding) and John Erskine (elbowing) took penalties. New York nearly took a two-goal lead when Erskine turned the puck over at centre ice, but he recovered in time to stop Carl Hagelins breakaway. The Rangers finally gave away the momentum when Boyle slashed Ribeiro for no good reason in front of a referee near the Rangers net. It took only 11 seconds for the Capitals power play, the NHLs best during the regular season, to tie the score on Wards one-timer from the slot. "Its a dumb penalty, and you dont kill those off," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "It just happens that way in our game. Thats a guy thats playing really well for us, but thats a dumb penalty." The Capitals survived two more Rangers power plays late in the second period, then came up empty with a chance of their own early in the third -- all because of Lundqvist. The goalie stopped Ovechkin three times from point-blank range during the man advantage, the last two without a stick. Lundqvist stopped Ovechkin three more times in overtime, but there was no stopping Ribeiro when the games final loose puck fell the Capitals way. "It was just a quick play. Not really much you can do about it," Lundqvist said. "I just wish we got a better bounce. Frustrating and disappointing, but its not over. We have to regroup." Notes: New York LW Ryane Clowe, who drew the boarding call on Chimera, played only one more shift after the penalty. He was playing in his second game since missing four with a suspected concussion. ... Rangers D Marc Staal remained sidelined with an eye injury. He has played in only one game in the series. ... With RW Martin Erat out with an upper-body injury, 19-year-old F Tom Wilson, a 2012 first-round draft pick, made his Capitals debut. BARCELONA, Spain -- Valencias tough start to the Spanish league season hit a new low Sunday after Real Betis pair of 35-year-old veterans ended the clubs three-decade wait for a win at Mestalla Stadium.Ruben Castro and Joaquin Sanchez, both 35, combined for three goals to earn a thrilling 3-2 victory over a Valencia side that finished with 10 men and with its fans frustrated at another poor performance.Valencias notoriously demanding supporters will now have even more reason to complain following a third loss in as many rounds that left the team in the relegation zone.Its tough. We were looking for the winner and ended up on the losing end, said Valencia manager Pako Ayestaran. In these situations the normal thing is to give up, but we are going to keep going.Castro secured the win in stoppage time with his second goal after Valencia had rallied while playing a man down after Enzo Perez was ejected after 50 minutes for a studs-first tackle.Despite playing a man down, Rodrigo Moreno and Valencia newcomer Ezequiel Garay both scored in a three-minute span to leave the teams level at 2-2.But Castro grabbed the injury-time winner when he finished off a flowing buildup by tapping in a low cross to the far post by Cristiano Piccini.It looked like it was going to be an easy win. Up a man and by two goals? We cant let them come back like that, Castro said. But we made a big effort at the end and got an important victory.Betis last won in the league at Valencia in 1986.---DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 0, ATHLETIC BILBAO 1Raul Garcias 30-meter (yard) bblast shortly before halftime stunned Deportivo La Coruna and gave Athletic Bilbao its first league win of the season.ddddddddddddGarcias right-footed strike went into the top corner of the net, leaving goalkeeper German Lux little chance of stopping it.Kepa Arrizabalaga made two saves to protect the lead on his debut in the Bilbao goal.Marlos Moreno played his first minutes for Deportivo as a second-half substitute after he joined the Spanish club on loan from Manchester City. The Colombian forward had a scoring chance inside the box in the 90th.---GRANADA 1, EIBAR 2A last-gasp strike, combined with a mistake by Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, helped 10-man Eibar grab a 2-1 victory at Granada.Eibar forward Sergi Enrich struck the decisive goal on the break, firing in Antonio Lunas low cross in injury time with the last kick of the match.The small Basque club took the lead just before halftime when Ochoa let a long-range shot by Pedro Leon slip through his hands after the ball bounced in front of him and went over his head.Eibar was playing a man down after its goalkeeper, Asier Riesgo, was shown a direct red card for fouling Ezequiel Ponce to stop his breakaway in the 32nd.Granada squandered several chances before Artem Kravets leveled in the 76th. He pushed the ball in after it had come off the post and hit the back of backup `keeper Yoel Rodriguez.Elsewhere, Sporting Gijon beat Leganes 2-1 at home. ' ' '