The Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin continued his goal scoring with two strikes on Friday night in a 5-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on the road.
“You can see how my linemates and my whole team played tonight; every time they had a chance to find me out there, they tried to do it,” Ovechkin said. “Obviously, I had plenty of chances today to score more, but I’ll take two and move forward.”
Carl Hagelin had a goal for the Capitals – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves to get the win.
Thomas Chabot, Chris Tierney and Artem Anisimov scored for the Senators.
“We showed some resiliency, for sure,” Senators coach D.J. Smith said. “We played hard, we didn’t lay down. I thought we hung [goalie Marcus Hogberg] out in the first period. In saying that, they’re a really good team. They make plays. There’s a reason they’re one of the best teams in the League.”
T.J. Oshie, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Carl Hagelin also scored for the Caps.
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Marcus Hoberg made 32 saves in the loss.
“There’s some positives to take out of that [game],” Chabot said. “Obviously, there’s still a couple of things that we wish we [could do] all over again, but it’s part of the game, and I think we found a way to battle all that game.”
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