The Washington Capitals hit the road for the first time in a long time, visiting the Ottawa Senators north of the border. It was a wildly uneven game, requiring more than regulation to decide.
Half a minute into regulation, alternate captain Matt Roy scored his first goal of the season, a slapper from just inside the blue line. That lead evaporated in the second period as the Senators took over, beating Logan Thompson on nice-looking goals by Ridly Greig and Hayden Hodgson – both assisted by Thomas Chabot and both getting deposited on the top shelf.
Deep in the third period, Cole Hutson sent a no-look pass to Pierre-Luc Dubois, who did not waste it. Tied at two after two periods, the Caps and Sens entered overtime. Cole Hutson won it!
Caps beat Senators 3-2 in overtime!
- After a strong first period in which the Caps generated 61 percent of the total expected goals, the Senators smothered them in the second. Washington got just two shots on goal the whole frame. It was one of the worst periods of Washington’s season, though there’s a lot of competition for that title. It’s on head coach Spencer Carbery to make adjustments faster after intermissions.
- Matt Roy is the alternate captain for road games, which it’s okay if you forgot what a road game is because it’s been two weeks since we saw one. Jakob Chychrun threaded a pass to Roy for his first goal of the season, a strong slapshot from nearly 60 feet out.
- In the second period, back-checking Roy lost an edge, falling to the ice as Thomas Chabot and Hayden Hodgson drove to the net for the go-ahead goal. An unlucky break, also highlighting Chabot’s two excellent passes on his primary assists.
- So what changed after first intermission? Seems like Ottawa’s forecheck got more aggressive. Either that or Washington’s breakout got more inept. Zone exits have been a weak spot in the Caps’ game all season – something we maybe should have expected given the defenders roster.
- On that topic, it was a busy night for Jakob Chychrun, who got an assist on the Roy goal. He was on the ice for the first four goals, and then he knocked out Nick Cousins with a violent, clean hit. Chychrun was not penalized, though he did get a review for a possible major penalty.
- Keep your heads up, kids.
- Cole Hutson is putting up star-quality highlights every game. On Tuesday it was a haughty tape-to-tape pass to PLD for the tying goal.
- In the LordTech out-of-town scoreboard, Devils goalie Connor Hellebuyck caused a stir by sitting out of his would-be homecoming game in Winnipeg. There’s all kinds of controversy around it, and the Devils gave an absurd justification for the move, citing “expected win percentage,” and I’m such a dweeb I actually believe that. I know I’m in the extreme minority here.
- Prior to the game, there was a protest outside Canadian Tire Centre, making noise about Alex Ovechkin’s political advocacy for Vladimir Putin’s party. Ovechkin is a grown-up, and criticism of him is justified – not that anyone needs my permission. The group organizing the demonstration has a vile history of its own, and so too do a lot of the people I find criticizing them online. It’s ugly all around. I would like the war(s) to end now, please.
- The on-ice stats were gruesome. Liljegren and Fehervary got axe-murdered by Jerome Corsi, namesake of C.O.R.S.I. Chris should excoriate the team tomorrow morning in NFTMA.
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— Good Skeet Pete (@peterhassett.net) 2026-11-11T00:04:16.629Z
I love it when Craig Laughlin calls it a “good road game,” but it’s just the Capitals scraping by with at least one point, deservedly or not.
The Caps are on their way to tropical Newark tonight on their way to a date with the Devils on Thursday. Their starting goalie will be Connor Hellebuyck, and they will be expecting a win.
