Overview
- Dylan Cozens and Drake Batherson scored two goals each as Ottawa won 7-1 in Washington.
- Shane Pinto’s crash-the-net tally at 3:27 of the second stood after review, leading to a Capitals bench challenge that failed.
- On the ensuing power play, Cozens scored to make it 3-0, and Nick Cousins added a breakaway finish before Batherson struck early in the third.
- A late-second-period melee saw Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren and Ottawa’s Linus Ullmark leave their creases, but officials separated them and issued only minors, part of 10 total penalty minutes.
- Alex Ovechkin reached his 1,500th NHL game while remaining one goal shy of 900, and Trevor van Riemsdyk netted Washington’s lone goal before Thomas Chabot and Batherson capped the scoring.