Washington 5 - Montreal 4 (OT)
January 31, 2008
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Alex Ovechkin apparently decided he owed the Canadiens a little something after his team was shut out in Montreal on Tuesday; the four goals and one assist he notched tonight in the second half of the home-and-home certainly makes it seem that way.
Ovechkin and Kozlov traded goals in the first and second period before Ovechkin netted his second of the night at the mid-point of the second period to give the Caps a 3-0 lead, leaving the Habs scratching their heads as Olie Kolzig stopped everything they threw at him. The Habs got a goal from Sergi Kostitsyn only 50 seconds after the second Ovechkin goal and brother Andrei landed a powerplay marker with a fraction of a second remaining in the period to cut the lead to 3-2; this was the first time that brothers had scored in the same game for Montreal since the Mahavolich brothers in 1974.
Ovechkin scored at 12:30 of the third to increase the Washington lead to 4-2 before Guillaume Latendresse scored 1:17 later to make it a one goal game again. Things went back and forth and the Habs finally pulled Christobal Huet and managed a goal with 32 seconds remaining, again from Latendresse.
Ovechkin scored his fourth goal of the game in overtime to end it but the Habs grab a point and gain some confidence after coming back from a 3-0 deficit.
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