Capitals playing to stay in postseason hunt in game vs. Senators

April 7 - The Washington Capitals will seek to apply the brakes on their five-game skid Sunday evening when they host the Ottawa Senators. Superstar captain Alex Ovechkin continued his goal-scoring binge by tallying twice in the first period on Friday, but the Capitals (36-30-10, 82 points) surrendered four unanswered goals in a 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. Washington, which is 0-4-1 in its past five games, resides one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Ovechkin has 11...