OTTAWA (AP) -- Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist as the Ottawa Senators broke the game open in the third period and beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 Thursday night.
Radek Bonk, Bryan Smolinski, Daniel Alfredsson and Zdeno Chara
also scored for the Senators. Martin Havlat had two assists in his
first game since the restricted free agent signed a one-year contract.
Patrick Lalime made 17 saves.
Peter Bondra scored for the Capitals, who are winless in their last six games (0-5-1). Olaf Kolzig stopped 22 shots.
Holding a 2-1 lead at the start of the third, Ottawa scored
three goals in the first six minutes of the period. Smolinski
started the outburst when he knocked in a rebound off Kolzig's
mask.
Kolzig got caught again after giving up another big rebound 1:51
later, leading to Alfredsson's fourth goal of the season.
Washington coach Bruce Cassidy pulled Kolzig after he gave up a goal to Chara at 6:20. Sebastien Charpentier replaced him and
stopped 13 shots.
The Capitals took a lead 32 seconds into the game when Bondra scored during a power play.
Robert Lang won the faceoff back to Sergei Gonchar, who passed
to Bondra at the point. Bondra beat Lalime with a quick wrist shot for his fourth goal of the season.
Bonk tied it 1-1 at 9:53 when he took a perfect pass from Havlat
at the side of the net and tapped the puck by Kolzig.
Hossa broke the tie at 6:59 of the second with a shot from just inside the blue line.
Game notes
The Senators played the last two periods with five defensemen after Anton Volchenkov left the game with five minutes
remaining in the first period due to a head injury. ... Bates
Battaglia played his first game with the Capitals since being
traded by Colorado on Wednesday.