Habs Over Caps In OT Thriller

GOAL SCORERS:
WSH: Laich, B. (06:23 in 1st), Backstrom, N. (01:11 in 2nd), Green, M. (PPG, 00:16 in 3rd), Laich, B. (09:02 in 3rd), Laich, B. (19:41 in 3rd) MTL: Gomez, S. (00:36 in 1st), Pyatt, T. (00:41 in 2nd), Metropolit, G. (PPG, 12:45 in 2nd), Lapierre, M. (12:57 in 2nd), Plekanec, T. (18:56 in 2nd), Plekanec, T. (04:52 in OT)
GOALIES:
WSH: J. Theodore (L), M. Neuvirth
MTL: C. Price (W)

The Montreal Canadiens built, then blew a 5-2 lead by the end of the 2nd period over the streaking Washington Capitals, but the Caps stormed back in the 3rd period with 3 goals forcing overtime. Tomas Plekanec beat Washington netminder Jose Theodore with eight seconds left in the extra frame to give Montreal the win.

The loss snapped Washington's winning streak at 13 games, the longest by any team since the 1992 season. Alexander Ovechkin was all over the ice in the game, delivering thunderous checks, but although he had 8 shots on Habs netminder Carey Price, he couldn't score. He did have one goal called back, but you can see that in the video. Ovechkin managed 2 assists to pad his lead in the NHL points race.

Caps center Brooks Laich had a great night scoring a hat trick, including Washington's last 2 goals to tie the game at five. Carey Price won for just the first time since January 14th, to improve to a still so-so record at best of 12-17-4. Montreal's win puts them 3 points up on the Boston Bruins, but still trail the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres by 8 in the Northeast Division. Washington's one point from the contest keeps them 2 points up on the San Jose Sharks for the NHL points lead.