Ottawa Senators take a three-game losing streak into a five-day break
Capitals 2, Senators 1
WASHINGTON — This wasn’t the way the Ottawa Senators wanted to welcome 2017.
While the Senators were desperately hoping to pack up another two points before they headed their separate ways on a midseason vacation, they instead dropped a 2-1 decision to the Washington Capitals as Ottawa’s winless streak reached three straight games.
The turning point was a pivotal power play in the third period. They had a 5-on-3 for a full two minutes with 11:50 left and were barely able to create any chances. The Senators went 0-for-4 with the man advantage and they haven’t scored a power-play goal in three straight games.
“It was frustrating. We’ve got to score on the 5-on-3,” said centre Kyle Turris, who scored the club’s only goal. “We have to capitalize on our opportunities. We didn’t do that tonight.
“We worked on the (5-on-3) in practice. It’s just not coming together and it’s something we’ve got to keep working on.”
The Senators now start a newly mandated five-day break built into the schedule by the league this season. That means this home-and-home series won’t be completed until the Capitals visit the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday when Ottawa’s break comes to a close.
Making his 14th straight appearance in the net, Ottawa goalie Mike Condon did a solid job but didn’t get enough offensive support as only Turris was able to beat Braden Holtby in the Washington net on the 24 shots he faced. Taylor Chorney and Karl Alzner did the scoring for the Capitals.
Though the Senators did a solid job shutting down all-star winger Alex Ovechkin, their last win in Washington came on Jan. 21, 2014.
“I don’t think we (played) to the standards we feel we have to get to (to) win games,” said captain Erik Karlsson. “We created a few chances, but at the end of the day we didn’t create enough to sustain any pressure for any period of time. We weren’t good enough against a team like this.
“There’s a lot of things (not working with the 5-on-3). We’re going to have to work on it. It’s one of the things it’s not going well enough for us. We’ve got to find a way to generate more.”
Chorney fired a shot from the point that beat Condon high on the stick side only 2:43 into the third to give the Capitals their first lead of the game. Not long after Washington took the lead, Mike Hoffman had a good chance to tie it but hit the post behind Holtby in alone.
If there were any concerns the Senators might lose their focus and check out early just because they’ve got a vacation coming up, those fears were erased through the first 40 minutes. Tied 1-1 after two periods, the Senators had put themselves in a good position going into the third.
A late goal by Alzner, his first in 26 games, tied it up with only 19.5 seconds left on the clock. After Justin Williams had been halted on a breakaway by Condon, Alzner’s third of the season came on a shot from the right circle when he was left alone.
That came at the end of a Washington power play and left coach Guy Boucher with a sour taste in his mouth.
“Five-on-five we beat ourselves. We played a good game 5-on-5 and, at the end of the second, you’re supposed to be aware that there’s a few seconds left on the power play and it’s not all about the power play, it’s about not getting scored on,” said a frustrated Boucher.
The Senators challenged that Williams’ breakway was offside but the goal stood because the officials indicated he had control of the puck when he carried it over the Ottawa blue-line for the breakaway.
For the 15th time in 37 games, the Senators opened the scoring. Turris, who had missed some great chances earlier, took a perfect pass from Ryan Dzingel behind the net and beat Holtby in front. That goal came 12:41 into the second period with the Caps trying to push the pace.
That was Turris’ seventh goal in 14 career games against Washington and it was his first since Dec. 14 against the San Jose Sharks to end a six-game scoring drought.
The Senators had a couple of glorious opportunities to take the lead early in the second when Holtby got a little help when Dzingel appeared to hit teammate Bobby Ryan, who was in the crease, with a shot and then Turris wasn’t able to follow up on the rebound with a wide-open net.
The Senators know the task is difficult to shut down the Capitals but the club wanted to make sure it limited Washington’s chances. Yes, Condon was called upon to make a big pad save on Lars Eller after a bounce landed on his stick in front but the Caps didn’t have a whole lot in the way of chances.
Turris hit the crossbar behind Holtby and that was Ottawa’s best chance.
“It seems like we’re on the wrong side of these one -oal games but hopefully our luck will change,” said Condon, who plans to skate during the break in Ottawa. “We’ve just got to find a way here, and we will.
Capitals 2, Senators 1
WASHINGTON — This wasn’t the way the Ottawa Senators wanted to welcome 2017.
While the Senators were desperately hoping to pack up another two points before they headed their separate ways on a midseason vacation, they instead dropped a 2-1 decision to the Washington Capitals as Ottawa’s winless streak reached three straight games.
The turning point was a pivotal power play in the third period. They had a 5-on-3 for a full two minutes with 11:50 left and were barely able to create any chances. The Senators went 0-for-4 with the man advantage and they haven’t scored a power-play goal in three straight games.
“It was frustrating. We’ve got to score on the 5-on-3,” said centre Kyle Turris, who scored the club’s only goal. “We have to capitalize on our opportunities. We didn’t do that tonight.
“We worked on the (5-on-3) in practice. It’s just not coming together and it’s something we’ve got to keep working on.”
The Senators now start a newly mandated five-day break built into the schedule by the league this season. That means this home-and-home series won’t be completed until the Capitals visit the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday when Ottawa’s break comes to a close.
Making his 14th straight appearance in the net, Ottawa goalie Mike Condon did a solid job but didn’t get enough offensive support as only Turris was able to beat Braden Holtby in the Washington net on the 24 shots he faced. Taylor Chorney and Karl Alzner did the scoring for the Capitals.
Though the Senators did a solid job shutting down all-star winger Alex Ovechkin, their last win in Washington came on Jan. 21, 2014.
“I don’t think we (played) to the standards we feel we have to get to (to) win games,” said captain Erik Karlsson. “We created a few chances, but at the end of the day we didn’t create enough to sustain any pressure for any period of time. We weren’t good enough against a team like this.
“There’s a lot of things (not working with the 5-on-3). We’re going to have to work on it. It’s one of the things it’s not going well enough for us. We’ve got to find a way to generate more.”
Chorney fired a shot from the point that beat Condon high on the stick side only 2:43 into the third to give the Capitals their first lead of the game. Not long after Washington took the lead, Mike Hoffman had a good chance to tie it but hit the post behind Holtby in alone.
If there were any concerns the Senators might lose their focus and check out early just because they’ve got a vacation coming up, those fears were erased through the first 40 minutes. Tied 1-1 after two periods, the Senators had put themselves in a good position going into the third.
A late goal by Alzner, his first in 26 games, tied it up with only 19.5 seconds left on the clock. After Justin Williams had been halted on a breakaway by Condon, Alzner’s third of the season came on a shot from the right circle when he was left alone.
That came at the end of a Washington power play and left coach Guy Boucher with a sour taste in his mouth.
“Five-on-five we beat ourselves. We played a good game 5-on-5 and, at the end of the second, you’re supposed to be aware that there’s a few seconds left on the power play and it’s not all about the power play, it’s about not getting scored on,” said a frustrated Boucher.
The Senators challenged that Williams’ breakway was offside but the goal stood because the officials indicated he had control of the puck when he carried it over the Ottawa blue-line for the breakaway.
For the 15th time in 37 games, the Senators opened the scoring. Turris, who had missed some great chances earlier, took a perfect pass from Ryan Dzingel behind the net and beat Holtby in front. That goal came 12:41 into the second period with the Caps trying to push the pace.
That was Turris’ seventh goal in 14 career games against Washington and it was his first since Dec. 14 against the San Jose Sharks to end a six-game scoring drought.
The Senators had a couple of glorious opportunities to take the lead early in the second when Holtby got a little help when Dzingel appeared to hit teammate Bobby Ryan, who was in the crease, with a shot and then Turris wasn’t able to follow up on the rebound with a wide-open net.
The Senators know the task is difficult to shut down the Capitals but the club wanted to make sure it limited Washington’s chances. Yes, Condon was called upon to make a big pad save on Lars Eller after a bounce landed on his stick in front but the Caps didn’t have a whole lot in the way of chances.
Turris hit the crossbar behind Holtby and that was Ottawa’s best chance.
“It seems like we’re on the wrong side of these one -oal games but hopefully our luck will change,” said Condon, who plans to skate during the break in Ottawa. “We’ve just got to find a way here, and we will.
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