Tom Wilson fought Brady Tkachuk late in the first period, scored on the power play in the second and assisted on Martin Fehervary’s goal in the third to help the Washington Capitals end their season-worst losing streak at three games by beating the Ottawa Senators 5-4 in a shootout.

For the third time in three meetings, the Capitals and Senators went to overtime. This time, the Caps prevailed and snapped a three-game losing streak.

On Monday night, the Washington Capitals blew a three-goal advantage to the Ottawa Senators before prevailing 5-4 in a shootout.  The Capitals scored twice to get Capital One Arena rocking early.

Alex Ovechkin pulls within 10 goals of breaking the most hallowed record in hockey and Tom Wilson scores in OT to lift the Capitals over the Rangers.

It was a game that shouldn’t have gone to OT in the first place, but Ottawa is a team fighting for its playoff lives right now, so the battle wasn’t a surprise. What was a surprise was Washington allowing the Senators back into the game twice after coming out to start with a lot of spark.

Dylan Strome scored the winner in the third round of the shootout and Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and two assists as the host Washington Capitals snapped a season-worst three-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday.

Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Pierre-Luc Dubois for fantasy hockey. Washington Capitals center Pierre-Luc Dubois tallied three points during their shootout

The Washington Capitals rested up during February as they were the only team in the NHL not to have a player on any of the Four Nations Faceoff rosters.

by STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer TOPICS: WASHINGTON (AP ... Tom Wilson, Jakob Chychrun, Connor McMichael and Strome also scored and Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves for the Capitals, who ...

Coming off their first shootout win of the season that ended a three-game slide, the Washington Capitals are up in Manhattan to try and keep the momentum going against the New York Rangers, who are working their way back up and trying to sneak into the playoff picture.

The Washington Capitals are comfortably ahead in the Metropolitan Division, so they can enjoy Alex Ovechkin inching closer to matching Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history without stressing out about the standings.

WASHINGTON – Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th ... Tom Wilson, Jakob Chychrun, Connor McMichael and Strome also scored and Charlie Lindgren made 22 saves for the Capitals, who won back-to-back ...