Senators vs Capitals live stream: Watch online free 7:10 ET Wednesday as two teams combine for one win in their last eight games.

Even with that being said, both the Cpaitals (12-10-2) and Senators (9-11-4) are still very much in the playoff-race. This will be the first of three meetings this season for Washington vs Ottawa. Watch the free live stream online as Ottawa needs the two points to get back in the race of the Atlantic division.

Washington is only behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for first place in the Metropolitan division of the Eastern Conference. Alex Ovechkin is on fire and has seven goals in his last six games, leading the league with 20. He became the third active player to score at least 20 goals in each of his first nine NHL seasons.

The Senators lost for the fourth time in that stretch Sunday, falling 4-1 in Carolina and going scoreless for the last 58:53.

"Right now, we don't play hard enough to win," coach Paul MacLean told the team's official website. "We don't play long enough to win consistently. (We) play the teams that are below us in the standings, and we don't seem to have enough respect for them to play hard enough."

Martin Erat has been playing on the fourth line for Washington for most of the season and wants out. He requested a trade from Nashville eight months ago and doesn't want to be on the Capitals any longer.

"Marty doesn't feel like he fits in here, and we've always told our players -- it's been our policy for 15 years or so -- that if you don't feel like you fit in, if you feel like it'd be better for your career to be some place else, let us know and we'll try to accommodate that," said Capitals vice president and general manager George McPhee, adding that he's been aware of Erat's unhappiness since early in the season.

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