SUMMARIES

CAPITALS 5, CANADIENS 4, OT

Montreal	0	2	2	0	-	4
Washington	1	2	1	1	-	5

First Period-1, Washington, Ovechkin 40 (Jurcina), 13:06. Penalties-Kovalev, Mon (high-sticking), :55; Brashear, Was (roughing), 6:47; Begin, Mon (delay of game), 12:33; Semin, Was (hooking), 12:44. Second Period-2, Washington, Kozlov 10 (Ovechkin, Poti), 4:35. 3, Washington, Ovechkin 41 (Kozlov, Backstrom), 11:54. 4, Montreal, S.Kostitsyn 5 (Latendresse, Lapierre), 12:44. 5, Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 15 (Markov, Plekanec), 19:59 (pp). Penalties-Koivu, Mon (hooking), 6:01; Green, Was (tripping), 18:43. Third Period-6, Washington, Ovechkin 42 (Kozlov, Green), 12:30. 7, Montreal, Latendresse 13 (S.Kostitsyn, Komisarek), 13:47. 8, Montreal, Latendresse 14 (Plekanec, Streit), 19:27. Penalties-None. Overtime-9, Washington, Ovechkin 43 (Schultz, Green), 3:34. Penalties-None. Shots on Goal-Montreal 7-7-6-2-21. Washington 12-13-11-2-38. Power-play opportunities-Montreal 1 of 3; Washington 0 of 3. Goalies-Montreal, Huet 18-8-6 (38 shots-33 saves). Washington, Kolzig 18-17-4 (21-17). A-14,930 (18,277). T-2:31. ...more

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