Kyle Turris scores twice as Ottawa Senators beat Washington Capitals 3-1

Ottawa Senators' Cory Conacher (89) celebrates his goal with teammate Mika Zibanejad (93) during second period NHL hockey action against the Washington Capitals in Ottawa Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013. (Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

OTTAWA -- Kyle Turris scored twice Thursday as the Ottawa Senators defeated Washington 3-1 to snap the Capitals' eight-game winning streak.

Cory Conacher had the other goal for the Senators (23-14-6), who won their fourth straight.

Craig Anderson made 18 saves to get the win.

Mike Ribeiro scored for the Capitals (24-18-2), who got 35 stops from Braden Hotlby.

While Anderson was rarely tested, he did make some timely saves to bail out his team out in the third.

With the Senators holding a 2-1 lead midway through the final period, Anderson made a huge save on Eric Fehr who was allowed to go in all alone.

Turris added an empty-net goal with 1:27 remaining to seal the win extending the Senators winning streak to four games.

Turris opened the scoring early in the second, beating Holtby with a shot the Capitals goalie should have stopped off the rush for his 100th career point.

Chris Neil nearly made it 2-0 after taking a pass through the middle and making his way around Mike Green, but saw his shot bounce off the post and stay out.

The Capitals tied the game midway through the period as Ribeiro, standing just outside the crease, hit the puck out of mid-air to beat Anderson.

But the Senators got the lead right back just over two minutes later when a bad pass from behind the net by Holtby landed right on Conacher's stick who easily made it 2-1 on the turnover.

The Senators have won eight of their past ten at home versus Washington. That includes a 3-2 victory on Jan. 29 in the first of three scheduled meetings between the teams this season. They will also battle in Washington on April 25.