Game Thread | Capitals vs. Canadiens | 01/05/08

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We start the Third Period. Go Habs Go.

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Roman Hamrlik scores to tie the game up at 3.

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Alex Oveckin scores for the Caps in his second of the game to give the Caps a 4-3 lead.

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Alex Kovalev scores to make it 4-4. It was a nice wrist shot

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Thats the end of the Third Period. We are headed to OT.

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Ot session begins.

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Crap the caps win the game on a weak goal by Green. Price did not look good on it.

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5-4 OT win for the Caps. Final

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Three Stars of the Game:

1) Oveckin
2) Kovalev
3) Kostitsyn

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Price did not look good in this one and i predict that Huet will get the start in the habs upcoming game.

Kovalev tied his goals total from all of last year in 41 games.

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The Habs record now sits at: 20 W 13 L 8 OT for 48 points.

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Capitals 5, Canadiens 4, OT

MONTREAL (AP) -Mike Green scored 1:27 into overtime for his third point of the game to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.
Green, who also had two assists, redirected a pass from Michael Nylander past Carey Price for his 11th goal.
Alexander Ovechkin had two goals and Nicklas Backstrom and Boyd Gordon also scored for Washington, which has won three of its last four games, including consecutive wins over Eastern Conference-leading Ottawa.
Alex Kovalev scored his 18th goal 11:26 into the third to draw Montreal even for the second time in the period at 4.
Tomas Plekanec, who opened the scoring on a fine pass from Kovalev during a power play 2:38 in, got his second assist of the game on the play as Kovalev beat Olaf Kolzig with a wrist shot from high in the slot.
The Canadiens fell to 7-8-4 at home and have lost eight of their last 10 games at the Bell Centre.
Price stopped 25 shots. Kolzig made 23 saves.
Roman Hamrlik scored his third of the season 2:05 into the third to draw Montreal even at 3 after the Canadiens allowed three goals in the second to blow a two-goal lead.
Ovechkin restored Washington's one-goal lead at 4-3 at 8:31 with his second goal of the game - his 32nd of the season - 6:38 into the third.
The Russian superstar used Hamrlik and fellow Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges to screen Price before beating him with a wrist shot from the slot and dancing off to the left corner where he jumped into the glass in celebration.
Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and Boyd Gordon each scored in the second as Washington erased a 2-0 deficit.
Ovechkin scored got his 31st goal of the season during a power play 8:31 into the second off a draw from the right faceoff circle. Michael Nylander won the faceoff and pulled the puck directly back to Ovechkin, who beat Carey Price with a wrist shot to draw Washington within one.
Backstrom scored his eighth goal 11:53 into the second to tie it at 2 and Gordon gave Washington a 3-2 lead with his fourth goal late in the second.
Gordon put a 40-foot slap shot from the right side past Carey Price with 1:09 remaining in the second to put Washington up 3-2.
Tomas Plekanec helped stake Montreal to its early lead with a power-play goal in the first period and an assist on linemate Andrei Kostitsyn's goal 7:27 into the second.
Notes: Ovechkin had gone without a goal in each of his last two games, matching a season-high. ... Hamrlik's two previous goals were both game-winners. ... Kostitsyn has eight goals and seven assists in his last 14 games.