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Capitals hope to end eight-game winless streak vs. Senators

Nov 6, 2006 - 5:15 PM Ottawa (5-7-0) at Washington (5-4-4) 7:00 pm EST

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The Washington Capitals erased their demons against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Now they will try their luck against the Ottawa Senators.

The Capitals try to snap an eight-game home winless streak against the Senators when the teams match up Monday at the Verizon Center.

Washington has absorbed six losses with a pair of ties in its last eight meetings here with Ottawa. The Senators have outscored the Capitals, 35-13, in those games and posted five of their six wins by at least three goals.

Perhaps Washington will be able to generate some momentum from its 5-3 win at Philadelphia on Saturday. The Capitals had not won a road game against the Flyers since March 5, 1998, a stretch of 16 games.

Alexander Ovechkin and defenseman Ben Clymer scored twice and Brent Johnson made 33 saves for the Capitals, who had lost three of their last four games.

The Senators are coming off their third straight defeat, Saturday's 3-2 setback against Carolina. Daniel Alfredsson and Denis Hamel scored the only goals for Ottawa, which went 0-for-7 with the extra skater and is a league-worst 6-for-71 on the season.