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Capital Ups and Downs: Week 27

The latest edition of our weekly look at individual Washington Capitals ups and downs.

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History Will Be Made - What If Tomas Jagr Did Not Really Exist?

History Will Be Made - What If Tomas Jagr Did Not Really Exist?

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Bob McKenzie's Capital Slip Up

Bob McKenzie's Capital Slip Up

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How To Piss Off A Leafs Fan Living In Ottawa

How To Piss Off A Leafs Fan Living In Ottawa

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Habs and Caps - Between Game Notes and Player Quotes

Habs and Caps - Bewteen Game Notes and Player Quotes

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Are the Caps Caught in a Trap?

A look at the Capitals' troubles in dealing with Montreal's trapping defense.

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Underdog Habs Take Game One In Overtime

Underdog Habs Take Game One In Overtime

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Friday Caps Clips: Habs Strike First

Daily Washington Capitals news and notes

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Recap: Canadiens 3, Caps 2 (OT)

The Capitals fall to the Montreal Canadiens, led by goalie Jaroslav Halak, in the first game of the postseason.

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Fanpost

Overtime Open Thread

It's way too early in the postseason for this.

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Fanpost

Third Period Open Thread

Well, the Canadiens - and by 'the Canadiens' I mean 'Jaroslav Halak' - have managed to turn this in to a one-period game.

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Fanpost

Second Period Open Thread

On the one hand, the Caps had a lot more scoring chances than the Habs. On the other hand, it's 1-1.

GameThreads

Capitals Fans GameThread on Japers' Rink

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Canadiens Fans GameThread on Eyes On The Prize

Boxscore

Team123OTScore
Montreal10113
Washington10102
First Period
- 1, Montreal Power-Play Goal - Mike Cammalleri, from Andrei Markov and Andrei Kastsitsyn at 12:36. 2, Washington Goal - Joseph Corvo, from Eric Belanger and Jason Chimera at 15:33. Penalties - Marc-Andre Bergeron, Montreal (Hooking), :52; Alexander Semin, Washington (Hooking), 6:01; Nicklas Backstrom, Washington (Cross checking), 12:11; Benoit Pouliot, Montreal (Charging), 12:53.
Second Period
- No scoring. Penalties - Benoit Pouliot, Montreal (Too many men/ice - bench), 8:34; Joe Corvo, Washington (Holding), 18:19.
Third Period
- 3, Washington Goal - Nicklas Backstrom, from Michael Knuble and John Carlson at :47. 4, Montreal Goal - Scott Gomez, from Brian Gionta and Benoit Pouliot at 7:34. Penalties - Travis Moen, Montreal (Boarding), 10:42; Mike Green, Washington (Delaying Game-Puck over glass), 19:33.
Overtime
- 5, Montreal Goal - Tomas Plekanec, from Jaroslav Spacek at 13:19.
Shots on Goal:  Montreal 7 + 13 + 8 + 10 = 38. Washington 19 + 8 + 14 + 6 = 47.
Power Play Conversion:  Montreal 1-4. Washington 0-4.
Goaltenders:  Montreal, Jaroslav Halak 2-47-.957. Washington, Jose Theodore 3-38-.921.
Referees:  Brad Watson, Brad Meier, Greg Kimmerly
Linesmen:  Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk
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