Capitals beat Senators in overtime

The Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday in a seesaw Capitals-Senators game at Canadian Tire Centre. Ottawa controlled play for most of the night, but Washington finished it off. Read more: Capitals beat Senators in overtime

Cole Hutson finally settled it 74 seconds into the extra period, beating Samuel Ersson with a wrist shot. It was his first career overtime goal.

Alex Ovechkin picked up the primary assist on the winner, his 762nd as a Capital. That tied Nicklas Backstrom for the most assists in franchise history. Dylan Strome also assisted.

Matt Roy gave Washington an early lead, scoring 35 seconds in off a feed from Jakob Chychrun and Aliaksei Protas. Ridly Greig tied it at 11:05 of the second period. Hayden Hodgson then put the Senators ahead 2-1 at 16:04. Thomas Chabot set up both goals.

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A long shot drought

In fact, Washington went 21 minutes and 5 seconds without a single shot on goal. The drought ran from 5:24 of the second period to 6:29 of the third. Ottawa outshot the Capitals 17-2 in the second period alone. By the final horn, the Senators led 26-17 in shots and 41-22 in faceoffs, a 65.1 percent edge in Capitals-Senators play.

However, Pierre-Luc Dubois broke the drought and tied the game at 12:31 of the third period, assisted by Hutson. It was Washington's first shot in more than 20 minutes. Still, that single shot flipped the game back open.

Logan Thompson made 24 saves on 26 shots, keeping Washington within reach through the lopsided middle stretch.

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Ersson stopped 14 of 17 for Ottawa, but Dubois's goal with less than eight minutes left in regulation forced overtime, and Hutson beat him again 74 seconds in. Washington's power play from a late Ottawa penalty had just expired when Hutson then scored at even strength.

The win was Washington's second in a row, so the Capitals improved to 10-6-0. Ottawa fell to 11-6-2, with its own two-game winning streak now over.

Nick Cousins didn't make it to overtime. Chychrun hit the Senators forward hard along the boards with 2:57 left in the third period. Cousins needed help getting to the bench and did not return. Officials called no penalty.