The Montreal Canadiens returned starting goalie Jaroslav Halak to the net and he made 37 saves as the Habs beat the Caps 2-1 at Verizon Center Friday night. Washington leads the best of seven Eastern Conference series 3-2.
Halak shut down the highest scoring team in the NHL and Washington’s power play woes continued as the Caps failed on five extra man opportunities. The Caps are now one out of 24 on the power play for the series.
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The Capitals took a commanding 3-1 lead in their first round series with a 6-3 win over the Canadiens at Bell Centre in Montreal Wednesday night.
Alexander Ovechkin led the Caps with two goals and Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves including several brilliant stops during the second period when the Habs had 21 shots.
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If the Capitals are going to advance deep in the Stanley Cup playoffs, they’ll need to get some easy wins. Washington got one Monday night, 5-1 over the Canadiens in Montreal.
The Caps scored four unanswered goals in the second period and Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves as Washington cruised to a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Caps outshot the Canadiens 36-27 in winning their second straight game.
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Down by three goals, the Capitals mounted a furious comeback and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 in Game 2 of their opening round playoff series, thanks to a hat trick and an overtime goal by Nicklas Backstrom.
The fans got their money’s worth in a wild contest at Verizon Center that saw the Caps come back from a 4-1 deficit and featured 11 goals including hat tricks by Backstrom and Andrei Kostitsyn.
Alexander Ovechkin rebounded from a lackluster effort in Game 1 to score a goal and assist on three others, and got involved in the game early with physical play.
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The Montreal Canadiens surprised the Washington Capitals with a 3-2 overtime win in Game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff series Thursday night at Verizon Center.
Tomas Plekanec beat Jose Theodore 13:19 into overtime during a three-on-two break for the game-winner.
Canadiens goalie Jaroslav Halak made 45 saves to lead the Habs past the league’s highest scoring team in just his second playoff start and, incredibly, Montreal held MVP candidate Alexander Ovechkin without a shot.
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The Capitals swept the season series 4-0 from the Penguins with a 6-3 road win over Pittsburgh Tuesday night.
Alexander Ovechkin’s power play goal at 2:37 of the third period past Marc-Andre Fleury gave the Caps a 5-3 lead. Ovechkin also scored an empty netter to give him 48 for the season, tying him with Sidney Crosby for the league lead.
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Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan has his new quarterback, and it’s Donovan McNabb.
McNabb, who has spent his entire 11-year career with the Philadelphia Eagles, has been traded to the Redskins in exchange for the Redskins’ second-round pick in 2010 (37th overall) and a third or fourth round selection in 2011.
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The Washington Wizards, behind a season-high 27 points by Mike Miller, snapped their franchise record 16-game losing streak with a 96-91 win over the Hornets in New Orleans last night.
It had been March Sadness for the Wizards, who were 0-16 in the month until last night.
But against the Hornets, the Wizards led most of the way and and shot 55.9 percent for the game.
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