Four Off the Iron in Ottawa, and Washington Wins in OT
Wilson and Cozens rang the crossbar, Strome hit the post and Sanderson hit iron too, yet the extra frame belongs to Cole Hutson.
Written during the game · 9:48 PM ET. Final was WSH 3, OTT 2 (OT).
The score sheet shows five goals and one overtime winner. It never shows the four shots that hit the iron, which is a shot that strikes a post or crossbar instead of going in.
Washington leads Ottawa 3-2 in overtime, and the margin between the teams was thin enough that a few inches could have changed it. Each side hit the iron twice. Tom Wilson hit the crossbar late in the first period, and Dylan Cozens answered with a crossbar of his own less than three minutes later. In the third, Dylan Strome hit the post at 11:33, and Jake Sanderson hit a crossbar at 13:24. Between those two came Pierre-Luc Dubois's tying goal for Washington at 12:31.
The bigger picture favored Ottawa. The Senators had 69 shot attempts to Washington's 41 and 14 high-danger chances to 7. Their chances were worth 3.27 expected goals (how many goals the chances should produce), and they scored two. Logan Thompson stopped 23 of 25 shots, including 8 of 9 high-danger shots.
Cole Hutson then scored 1:14 into overtime for the go-ahead goal.
