Jaroslav Halak stopped 37 of 38 shots and the Canadiens stayed alive in their Eastern Conference Quarter Final series against the Capitals after a 2-1 victory in Washington Friday night.  The Canadiens scored goals on their third and fifth shots of the game and made them stand up through the final 53 minutes and 59
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The Canadiens were able to contain Alexander Ovechkin for the first five periods of the Eastern Conference quarter final series against Washington.   Since then Ovechkin has scored 4 goals on his last 7 shots on goal and after a 6-3 win at the Bell Centre, the Capitals have taken a 3-1 stranglehold on the series. 
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Tomas Plekanec called the first period of Monday night’s game against the Washington Capitals, “the best period of hockey we’ve played all season.” Unfortunately it was followed by four goal second period by the Capitals en route to a 5-1 game three victory and a 2-1 Washington lead in their Eastern Conference quarter final series.