The victory at Capital One Arena snapped the Capitals’ seven-game losing streak. On a rare night when captain Alex Ovechkin wasn’t in the lineup, the Washington Capitals’ hopes for snapping their longest losing streak in five years rested on a man-advantage missing their most dangerous shooter. It’s fitting that this 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames was how the Capitals’ seven-game losing streak ended: the hard way. But the Capitals finally put together the right ingredients that had been missing since their last win, more than three weeks ago. A porous defense in front of Holtby had compounded his struggles during the losing streak, and entering Friday’s game, Washington had the worst even-strength save percentage (.871) in the league over the previous 10 games.

Source: Washington Post February 02, 2019 03:24 UTC