Ovechkin was sliding towards the net with the puck and then he poked the puck past the right pad of Montreal goaltender Carey Price to score, as the Capitals win 4-3 in a shootout last night."It shouldn't surprise any of us," teammate Mike Green said. "He loves to score, and he's going to score no matter how it goes in - if it's on his stomach, back, whatever, he's going to try to score." This is what Ovechkin said about the goal in an interview:"Normal goal. It's not sick,"said with a straight face.And what about that pass to himself?"You have to try something new," said Ovechkin, on pace to score 60-plus goals for the second consecutive season.
As for the Canadiens, they were outplaying the Capitals but was still handed a 4-3 shootout lose. Matheieu Schneider sure helped the Habs powerplay by getting 1 assist on 3 of the Canadiens powerplay goals in his debut."I thought overall we played a great game against a team that was playing extremely well lately and that's been tough to beat at home," Montreal coach Guy Carbonneau said.Montreal played without all-star Alex Kovalev, who was told by Bob Gainy to stay home during the team's two game swing through Washington and Pittsburgh in hopes the rest will help him snap out of a slump. Kovalev will hope that he will be back with the Habs for Saturdays game against the Senators.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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