lapierre 3 on 2. lapierre fires one. oh, laich just misses it. spins varlamov made the save on bergeron. lapierre. pounding along the wood work by erskine. 5 on 5 play continues. we near the midway mark of this regulation time. caps a 2-1 lead. goals from ovechkin and fehr back in the opening frame. hamrlik on a long lead for cammalleri. over the blade of lapierre who is dragging there at the end of his shift. sergei kostitsyn. passing, cammalleri down, sick save by varlamov. >> craig: and good short passing by the canadiens. the caps passing the puck a little too long. they have to shorten up their passing by stepping into the lanes just like cammalleri did on that break out. >> joe: great point, because brendan morrison was saying that earlier today. they can't look for the home run passes. they need more little bump type plays. >> craig: there is a perfect bump that goes from d to swinger on the strong side right to cammalleri, joe, who is jumping in the lane. and that brings speed. that line has a lot of speed. plekanec along with kostitsyn a

lapierre, looking for pyatt. found pyatt. posted up against schultz. schultz flushes him out into the corner. ryan white is next in line, looks down as green puts pressure on him. mike green waiting for it. with schultz tonight, still no shaone morrisonn in the lineup. without tom poti as well in the back end. missing the services of lang and knuble and alex seem minute up front as well as gordon. gordon has missed 18 of the last 19 with that back problem. brooks laich digging for it. brendan morrison joining him on the hunt. even and full strength below six minutes to go in the third. washington needs one to tie in the white sweaters. laich good look. erskine wrister turned away. >> craig: canadiens have shortened the bench. cammalleri is just about playing every second shift here in the 3rd period. >> joe: bruce boudreau who coached him in the american league says cammalleri has a great hockey iq. can play in all these situations. erskine, wrister on the way, wide of carey price. he reacted pretty late. this one is whacked back to center by cammaller