November 23rd, 2004
The
Washington Capitals (14-10-1) come to the Bell Center to play the
Montreal Canadiens (12-13-1). Washington beat Montreal in their 1st meeting this season 4-2 in Washington. Montreal will be without their top defenseman in
Steven Thornton and top scoring forward
Patrick Atkins.
Montreal takes just 0:24 to take a 1-0 as C
Dean Casey gets his 7th of the year.
Casey deflects LD
Dominick Heatherington's point shot from inside the slot while RD
Colton Knoll gets his 1st career NHL point. Washington takes the steam out of the Habs start scoring on their 1st shot. C
Jason Moser goes backhand on a breakaway at 9:56 beating G
Bill Wolfenbarger. Montreal gets that lead back and make it 2-1 at 13:14 on RW
Zach Broderick's 2nd goal of the year. C
Jeff Pilbeam's shot hits
Broderick in the slot for the goal. The 1st period ends with Montreal outshooting the Capitals 10-4.
The Capitals tie the score 2-2 at 4:26 when C
Jason Moser capitalizes on his own rebound for his 2nd of the night, 11th of the year. The 2nd periods ends with the shots 16-9 for Montreal.
Washington goes up 3-2 on the PP as C
Gavril Karlin tips a shot in from the slot for his 11th goal of the season at 4:36. Montreal loses another player to injury as LW
Eric Brenner leaves that game at 7 minutes into the 3rd period. Montreal rookie RD
Colton Knoll is trying to make his presence known as he gets into a fight with just over 8 minutes left in the game. We will see if it inspires Montreal who are now outshooting Washington 25-14. Time runs out on Montreal even though they outshoot Washington 33-17 in the game.
Washington Capitals C
Gavril Karlin reached 250 career points in the NHL during the game.
Washington 3
Montreal 2
Washington C
Jason Moser had 2 goals in the win and was the 1st star. The 22 year old now has 11 goals and 19 points with 8 PIMs and a +9 rating in 26 games. Moser was the Capitals 8th overall pick in the 2001 NHL draft.
Montreal Canadiens have announced that LW
Eric Brenner will be day to day with groin tightness. The 21 year old now has 6 goals and 11 points with 10 PIMs and a +1 rating in 27 games. Montreal signed Brenner as a undrafted free agent in July 2003.
The New Jersey Devils have traded C
Todd Carlson and a 7th round pick for RW Dennis Lynch and RD Christian Carner. The 37 year old Carlson has 11 goals and 20 points with 12 PIMs and a -12 rating in 26 games.