In Washington, DC, the Detroit Red Wings handed the Capitals a 3-1 loss on Tuesday night.
For the Caps, it as their fifth straight loss.
Pius Suter hit for a double in the Detroit win.
“Puck was bouncing around a little bit, and I think a great screen by [Oskar Sundqvist], and I just had to pick a corner,” Suter said.
Ville Husso made 26 saves in the Red Wings win.
“We just go day by day right now,” Husso said. “We know we can win in this league, and we have the team that can win. It’s just day by day, have fun and move on.”
Detroit improved to 27-21-8.
Detroit took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a strike from Robert Hagg , his first of the season.
Suter scored a shorthanded goal at 14:22 to extend the lead to 2-0.
“There’s three or four things where if you could go back and do something different, you would, and it might be a tighter game, a closer game,” Capitals coach Peter Laviolette said. “But we’ve still got to find a way to put the puck in the net. It’s not falling for us right now.”
Tom Wilson scored a power play goal at 15:57 to trim the Red Wings lad to 2-1.
The power play was the result of a major called on Detroit’s Dylan Larkin.
“Obviously, not ideal losing [Larkin] early on (and) killing seven minutes of the first 22, 23 minutes, but I thought our guys managed it extremely well,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “We needed a complete effort from everyone. We needed everyone to step up even more, and they did that and got ourselves a good road win.”
Washington dropped to 28-25-6.
Suter sealed the win in the third period when he scored at 6:24.
Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves in the Capitals loss.
“Whenever you’re chasing games, it’s a lot harder,” Kuemper said. “Teams can be more patient and wait for your mistakes, and it’s hard to score against teams that are up and defending hard.”
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