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OTTAWA — The sagging Ottawa Senators suffered another loss and another big injury on Friday night. Already without No. 1 goalie Craig Anderson (concussion) Custom Boston Bruins Jerseys , the Senators watched second-year defenseman Thomas Chabot head to the dressing room in the second period of their 6-3 road defeat at the hands of the New York Islanders. Chabot, who has 38 points in 38 games, appeared to be favoring his shoulder after a questionable hit from winger Matt Martin. Coach Guy Boucher said Chabot won’t play when the Senators (15-19-4) try to stop a three-game losing streak in a home game against the Washington Capitals at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.Article continues below ...The Senators, who are now just a point from the NHL basement, showed their frustrations with four fights late in the third period, including a bout between defenseman Mark Borowiecki and Martin.“It’s a message to us, we have to send messages to ourselves in here,” Borowiecki told the Ottawa Sun of the scrap. “You’ve got to man up sometimes and give the you-know-what’s a squeeze, and you’ve got to make sure we’re there for each other and for ourselves and show a little bit of pride. It’s not acceptable. We’re not happy about it, but we’re not going to roll over and let stuff like that happen.”Journeyman Senators goalie Mike McKenna made 33 saves in Friday’s loss and could get thrown right back into action against the Capitals. Boucher’s other option is to give rookie Marcus Hogberg his first NHL start.McKenna gave up four goals on 33 shots when the Senators hosted the Capitals last Saturday and lost 4-0.Meanwhile, the Capitals (23-10-3) are on a roll. They returned from the Christmas break to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Thursday. It was their third consecutive victory and eighth in their last nine games. Washington has gone through some injury problems of its own. Especially along the blue line. Matt Niskanen, a top four defenseman, went hard into the boards on Thursday and he is expected to miss the meeting with the Senators. So is veteran blue liner Brooks Orpik, who has missed the last 26 games with a knee injury. Also out indefinitely after surgery on his thigh is defenseman Christian Djoos.In their place, the Capitals have relied on 21-year-old Jonas Siegenthaler, who has played 11 NHL games; 24-year-old rookie Tyler Lewington, who made his debut last week www.officialsabres.com , and Madison Bowey, a 23-year-old in his second season who will likely assume Niskanen’s minutes.“We’ve been able to see our young players and how they’re developing,” Capitals coach Todd Reirden told the Washington Post. “And that’s what it’s all about. You can have them play in the American (Hockey) League and you can have them watch video and practice and all those types of things, but until they get into NHL game action, there’s nothing that compares to it.“We were able to see Lewington do that. I thought he handled himself real nicely. And Siegenthaler continues to do real well, and Bowey continues to make strides also.” GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Brad Richardson and the Arizona Coyotes were tasked with trying to limit the productivity of the Colorado Avalanche’s high-scoring top line.They did just enough Saturday night, and Richardson provided the offense the Coyotes needed down the stretch, scoring twice in the final 3:39 in a 6-4 win over Colorado.Richardson’s ninth goal of the season broke a 4-all tie, and his empty-net goal was his 10th and gave him the team lead in scoring. The empty-netter came with 12 seconds left.“I just literally tried to shoot as quick as I could on that,” Richardson said of his first goal. “Went through two other guys. I don’t think the goalie saw it at all.”Derek Stepan, Christian Fischer and Richard Panik scored for Arizona, and Conor Garland added his first career NHL goal.Alexander Kerfoot scored twice, and Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon added goals for the Avalanche, who have lost three of four. J.T. Compher and Matt Nieto had two assists for Colorado, which entered in fourth place in the Western Conference.The Coyotes lost a three-goal lead in the third period as the Avalanche rallied with goals from Landeskog, Kerfoot and MacKinnon to make it 4-4. Landeskog and MacKinnon are part of Colorado’s 157-point No. 1 line that didn’t score a point until the third.“We had MacKinnon’s line kind of hemmed in quite a bit in their end Buffalo Sabres T-Shirts Authentic ,” Richardson said.“We defended well early,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “If there’s any guy you want to get the goal, for me, it’s ‘Richie’ because he shut down that line. That line is arguably the best line in hockey. He did a great job. That’s tough to do.”The Avalanche went with an extra attacker inside the final two minutes, but to no avail. The Coyotes put an end to a three-game losing streak.MacKinnon tied it at four with his 22nd of the season at 11:51 of the third. With intensity high, Landeskog and Arizona’s Lawson Crouse dropped gloves and exchanged blows.Both were given five minutes for fighting with 7:35 to play, Landeskog getting the better of the fight.It didn’t give the Avalanche momentum, however, as the Coyotes finished strong despite having lost seven of the previous eight games.“The third was not fancy, it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t east-west, it was all the things we wanted it to be,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “Up-tempo, physical, involved, passionate. That’s the way we have to play. That’s the way we were playing at the beginning of the year.”Panik gave the Coyotes a first-period lead with his left-handed wrister at 8:58. He scored off a pass from Stepan for his seventh goal of the season.Hill got his pad on Sven Andrighetto’s centering pass in deep, but the puck caromed right to Kerfoot Buffalo Sabres Hoodies Authentic , who stuffed in the rebound at 18:13 of the first to tie the game.It was Kerfoot’s first goal since Nov. 14.Clayton Keller fanned on a shot, but Stepan was nearby to shoot the puck past Philipp Grubauer with five seconds left in the period, and Arizona had momentum with a 2-1 lead to start the second period.The Coyotes’ third goal was almost all due to the handiwork of Nick Schmaltz, who handled the puck through defenders before passing, then got on the receiving end of another pass from Alex Galchenyuk that led to Schmaltz’s assist to Fischer.Fischer’s eighth goal at 2:30 of the second period gave the Coyotes a two-goal lead. Then Garland hustled to catch up to a long pass from Mario Kempe and beat Grubauer at 8:28.Grubauer, who had 12 saves, was then removed from net and replaced by Pavel Francouz, who at age 28 made his NHL debut.Francouz stopped 21 shots. Landeskog’s goal was his team-leading 24th of the season.“We left it all out there in the third,” Landeskog said. “If you ask me, I think we deserved more, but that’s the way it goes.”NOTES: Coyotes D Kevin Connauton was scratched for the second straight game. … D Ilya Lyubushkin recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Garland’s goal. … The Avalanche called up C Sheldon Dries, Francouz and F A.J. Greer from Colorado of the AHL. Francouz was Grubauer’s backup goaltender with Semyon Varlamov out due to illness. Dries was scratched. … C Colin Wilson, hurt Friday in a loss to Chicago, was placed on injured reserve.UP NEXTColorado: At Vegas on Dec. 27.Arizona: At San Jose on Sunday.