Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

At CWEB, we are always looking to expand our network of strategic investors and partners. If you're interested in exploring investment opportunities or discussing potential partnerships and serious inquiries. Contact: jacque@cweb.com

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
Anime
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Dark Comedy
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Music
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Thriller
Truck Series (TRUCK)
True Crime
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
US
Valorant
Western
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
0
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsHockeyNHL News: Capitals not fretting over rare skid as Senators visit

NHL News: Capitals not fretting over rare skid as Senators visit

Add to Favorite
Added to Favorite


The Washington Capitals will be out to break a season-long three-game losing streak when they host the Ottawa Senators on Monday night.

All three losses have come at home for the Capitals but forward Tom Wilson said his team isn’t ready to push the panic button.

“You can call that a skid if you want,” Wilson said following a 3-1 loss to red-hot Tampa Bay, which has won eight straight, on Saturday afternoon. “It’s three games. We don’t like it, but we’ve had a consistent year.”

Washington still holds a 12-point lead heading into Sunday’s action over both Carolina and New Jersey in the Metropolitan Division and is seven points ahead of Atlantic Division-leading Florida for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. The Capitals have also scored a league-best 215 goals.

“There’s going to be ups and downs,” Wilson said. “We’re not panicking right now. We love the group in here. Just got to find a way to get back on track. We’re doing good things, just sometimes you lose a few in row, and we’ve got to correct it as soon as possible.”

One player who continues to do good things for the Caps is forward Alex Ovechkin.

The Russian scored his 31st goal in just 44 games at the 16:01 mark of the third period on a spinning wrist shot in the slot to cut Tampa Bay’s lead to 2-1 before the Lightning sealed the win with an empty-netter with 59 seconds to go. Ovechkin, who has scored five goals in his last four games, needs to score 11 goals to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career mark of 894.

“I don’t think we played bad this game,” Ovechkin said. “We just have to bounce back right away. Next game we just have to respond.”

Ottawa comes in after snapping a five-game losing streak of its own with a 5-3 home victory over San Jose on Saturday. The Senators, fifth in the Atlantic Division with 64 points, trail the Detroit Red Wings by just two points for the final wild-card spot in the East.

Tim Stutzle had a goal and an assist against the Sharks to extend his point streak to 11 games as Ottawa scored four times after trailing 2-1 entering the final period.

“It’s huge,” said Stutzle, who matched the franchise record for longest assist streak (10 games). “We had a lot of faith in us (heading into the final period). We had chances, I think, on the power play especially, and we just couldn’t capitalize. Ully (goaltender Linus Ullmark) was great to keep us in the game.”

Ullmark made 34 saves to pick up his first win since Dec. 19, having missed six weeks due to injury before returning in February. Brady Tkachuk and Shane Pinto both scored in their returns from injury and David Perron and Michael Amadio also had goals for the Senators.

“Being down going into the third, and just still finding a way to get the job done, just a big two points,” said Tkachuk, who had missed two games with a lower-body injury suffered in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. “I mean, playoff hockey starts now, so you’ve got to win these games to get into the dance.”

This is the third of three regular-season meetings but the first in Washington. The Capitals, behind 24 saves by Logan Thompson and an overtime goal by Ovechkin, won the first one 1-0 on Jan. 16. The Senators won the second contest 5-4 in overtime on Jan. 30 on a breakaway goal by Thomas Chabot.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News

You may like more
more

Report: Dorian Finney-Smith to Rockets on 4-year, $53M deal

Nine-year NBA veteran Dorian Finney-Smith will sign a four-year...

NCAAF News: With Texas State on board, Pac-12 ready for 2026 rebirth

Texas State is officially a member of the Pac-12,...

Reports: Brook Lopez agrees to two-year deal with Clippers

Veteran big man Brook Lopez has agreed to a...

NCAAF News: Report: Sexual assault civil case dropped against BYU QB

The woman who made sexual assault allegations against BYU...