Hendrix Lapierre scored twice, and the Washington Capitals beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 in a good, old-fashioned goal fest Monday night, inching closer to a playoff position.
has only been back with Washington for a couple of days, one of several injury call-ups from the minors, but he senses a little something different about the Capitals this time around.6-3 in a good, old-fashioned goal fest, for their fourth victory in five games. They've picked up a point in seven of their past eight since ending a six-game losing streak.
“When really important pieces go down, like it’s the case right now, you have to see other guys step up.”each had a goal in pushing the Capitals to four points back of Philadelphia for third place in the Metropolitan Division, with two games in hand. The Flyers visit Friday. That game will have a high bar to match the entertainment level of the Senators-Capitals, which featured six goals in the first period alone and two more in the first 1:58 of the second, before Lapierre added another nine minutes later on a perfectly executed 2-on-1 give-and-go with
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