Senators breeze past Capitals 6-1; Josh Norris scores twice on return

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Washington Capitals in a convincing manner 6-1 on Wednesday night.

MAKE THAT 3-0 AT HOME!!#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/fi9amFSNLa

— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) October 19, 2023

The star of the show was unquestionably Josh Norris as the 24-year-old made his debut for the new season and marked it off in a spectacular fashion, scoring twice.

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Norris had been injured in the opening 3 games and he missed the entire preseason as well, but he certainly made up for it with a fine performance.

“Obviously, it’s been a long road and some long days and we’re finally here now,” said Norris. “So, I think it’s kind of one of those moments. It’s weird, like, I think God’s pretty amazing and I don’t want to get like too philosophical here, but yeah, it’s just a great night and happy we won.”

Vladimir Tarasenko, Artem Zub, Claude Giroux and Jake Sanderson also scored for the Senators, who picked up their third straight win. Goaltender Anton Forsberg made 23 saves.

For the Capitals John Carlson scored the only goal as they actually began well, pressing high and creating chances. But calamitous defending proved costly and in the end they succumbed to 6-1 defeat.