It's very tempting to look at the Montreal Canadiens stunning seven-game series win over the mighty Washington Capitals and say it was all thanks to a single man. But that wouldn't be fair.
MON wins 4-3
Headlines
- Power play could decide Habs-Caps Game 7
- Most of the talk surrounding Wednesday's rubber match between the Canadiens and Capitals has been about goaltending, but what may really determine the outcome of Game 7 is the power play. more »
- Caps' Ovechkin used to going the distance
- Washington's Alex Ovechkin knows all about playing in a Game 7, as every NHL playoff series of the two-time MVP's career has gone the distance. more »
- Spacek skates, doubtful for Game 7
- Montreal Canadiens defenceman Jaroslav Spacek skated with his teammates this morning for the first time since coming down with some sort of mystery virus that has cost him the past three games. more »
- Canadiens a confident bunch
- The Montreal Canadiens know they need to fix a couple components in their game despite winning the past two contests to force a deciding seventh game against the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. more »
- Halak's poise lauded by Habs
- At a team skate before Game 5 of their playoff series in Washington last week, Montreal Canadiens Mike Cammalleri and Andrei Markov decided they'd have some fun with goaltender Jaroslav Halak. more »
- Chocolate-milk drinking Halak is one of the guys
- On most NHL teams, players walk on egg shells when around the club's goalies. The masked men have their routines. They like to be left alone. They are indeed a different bunch. more »
- The scoring side of Mike Cammalleri
- Prior to this season, Michael Cammalleri's lasting image in the NHL playoffs came courtesy of his fist, and not with his stick. more »
- Capitals won't have Poti for Game 7
- Washington Capitals defenceman Tom Poti will miss Game 7 against the Montreal Canadiens after getting hit in the eye by a puck. more »
- Capitals feel frustration, if not pressure
- Mike Knuble kept saying it over and over again. He insisted the Washington Capitals were not frustrated. Not one bit. But Knuble said it so many times, in fact, it's as if he were trying to convince himself that it was actually true. more »
Washington Montreal Playoff Stats
| Sort by:Player Name | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | PP | GWG | ||||||||
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Alex Ovechkin (LW) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
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Nicklas Backstrom (C) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
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Mike Knuble (RW) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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John Carlson (D) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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Eric Fehr (RW) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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Tom Poti (D) | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sort by:Goalie Name | GP | W | L | SO | GA | S | SV% | GAA | ||||||||
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Semyon Varlamov | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 153 | 0.908 | 2.41 | |||||||
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Jose Theodore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0.875 | 3.70 |
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Stanley Cup Blog
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Montreal Canadiens defenceman Jaroslav Spacek skated with his teammates this morning for the first time since coming down with some sort of mystery virus that has cost him the past three games.
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Prior to this season, Michael Cammalleri's lasting image in the NHL playoffs came courtesy of his fist, and not with his stick.
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Mike Knuble kept saying it over and over again. He insisted the Washington Capitals were not frustrated. Not one bit. But Knuble said it so many times, in fact, it's as if he were trying to convince himself that it was actually true.
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This has the potential for great drama, something that is never in short supply for the Montreal Canadiens.
The Habs' call up of prized prospect P.K. Subban for Game 6 tonight against the Washington Capitals is something that was long overdue for a team that has trouble scoring and which is also short-handed on the blue-line with the mystery illness of veteran Jaroslav Spacek.
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Team Analysis
54-15-13 | 121 Points | 1st in East
Key Numbers
GF: 318 GA: 233
PP: 25.2% PK: 78.8%
Strengths Weaknesses Key Player
Scoring, scoring, scoring. Led by the great Alex Ovechkin, Washington racked up a league-best 3.82 goals per game — the highest output since the lockout and more than a half-goal more than any other team. Lethal as they are 5-on-5, the Caps are even deadlier on the power play, where they converted better than a quarter of their chances, tops in the league.
Regular season stats » Roster » Injuries »
39-33-10 | 88 Points | 8th in East
Key Numbers
GF: 217 GA: 223
PP: 21.8% PK: 83.0%
Strengths Weaknesses Key Player
Only Washington has a better power play, and the Canadiens may have given the Caps a run for their money had point man Andrei Markov not missed so much time due to injury at the start of the season.
