Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, February 20, 2007 · Centre Bell

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3–5

18–32

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 32–18.

Chris Higgins scored twice and Michael Ryder scored twice. Brian Sutherby, Jamie Heward, Alexander Semin and Garth Murray also scored.

Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
WSH	0	3	0	3	18
MTL	3	1	1	5	32

Scoring

1st period

Chris Higgins (15)Mark Streit (18), Saku Koivu (31)0–107:33 MTL ·
Michael Ryder (18)Sheldon Souray (30), Saku Koivu (32)0–214:48 MTL ·
Chris Higgins (16)Saku Koivu (33), Michael Ryder (22)0–315:37 MTL ·

2nd period

Brian Sutherby (4)Jamie Heward (9), Richard Zednik (11)1–302:06 WSH
Jamie Heward (4)Brian Sutherby (9)2–302:36 WSH
Michael Ryder (19)Mike Komisarek (8), Andrei Markov (31)2–416:01 MTL ·
Alexander Semin (31)Jamie Heward (10), Brent Johnson (1)3–419:26 WSH ·

3rd period

Garth Murray (1)Tomas Plekanec (19), Duncan Milroy (1)3–519:02 MTL ·

Team stats

WSHMTL

1832

48%52%

1/53/7

1812

1922

1319

810

713

Penalties

4:37 into the first periodAlexander Perezhogin · charging2 min
7:07 into the first periodEric Fehr · hooking2 min
7:46 into the first periodChris Clark · slashing2 min
12:06 into the first periodChris Clark · interference2 min
13:43 into the first periodAlexander Perezhogin · high sticking2 min
13:43 into the first periodAlexander Perezhogin · high sticking2 min
14:07 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
14:25 into the first periodBrian Pothier · holding2 min
15:25 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · tripping2 min
10:05 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · cross checking2 min
15:33 into the second periodChris Higgins · high sticking2 min
15:33 into the second periodChris Higgins · high sticking2 min
4:51 into the third periodBrian Pothier · holding2 min
13:34 into the third periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
13:34 into the third periodMatt Pettinger · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

6Jamie HewardD	1	2	3	0	3	2	1	0	–	19:22
16Brian SutherbyC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	50	11:11
20Richard ZednikR	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	–	14:48
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	0	2	–	17:08
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−2	3	4	0	0	–	18:47
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	1	0	50	19:11
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	11:43
14Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	08:01
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	55	18:16
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	4	100	10:10
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	50	19:14
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	38	13:14
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	100	05:37
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	19:45
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	21:36
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	3	2	–	22:29
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	–	17:47
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	L	31	27	4	.871	59:54
35Frederic CassiviG		0	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Saku KoivuC	0	3	3	+1	1	0	0	2	63	19:56
73Michael RyderR	2	1	3	+1	4	3	0	0	50	18:25
21Chris HigginsL	2	0	2	0	5	1	0	4	–	15:19
35Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	58	15:59
57Garth MurrayC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	3	0	–	11:55
62Duncan MilroyR	0	1	1	−1	2	3	1	0	–	12:29
8Mike KomisarekD	0	1	1	+2	1	4	1	0	–	19:00
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	−1	0	1	0	0	–	13:33
44Sheldon SourayD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	20:10
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	–	24:56
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	46	15:04
15Sergei SamsonovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	11:42
20Mike JohnsonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	13:14
25Mathieu DandenaultR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	3	0	–	19:50
40Maxim LapierreC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	1	0	50	10:11
42Alexander PerezhoginR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	–	10:38
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	13:55
51Francis BouillonD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	3	0	–	21:56

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30David AebischerG		0	0	0	–	–
41Jaroslav HalakG	W	18	15	3	.833	59:55