eric fehr now with a half dozen on the year. three of them against montreal in the last two outings. alex ovechkin gets the primary assist, the power play breaks through. a two-man advantage of course with varlamov on the bench. pacioretty with a long wrister. whoa! that is just wide of varlamov with five seconds to go. and now regulation comes to its conclusion. whoa. >> craig: that was a little bit of a dip and a screen on that pacioretty shot. >> joe: and eric fehr catching his breath. we have played through 60 minutes. we are tied at three a piece. it's the nhl on comcast sportsnet. joe beninati, craig laughlin with you. caps and canadiens need extra time. right after this. >> joe: visit them at geico pick, or call 1-800-947-auto. and by chevy chase nissan. your lifetime nissan dealer. in the beautiful city of montreal, quebec, canada, there are some caps fans sprinkled amidst the 21,000 or so rooting for montreal. a dramatic finish for the caps. they draw even 3-3 with 12 seconds to go in the 3rd and craig laughlin will sho

eric fehr deflecting it. the caps on the board first here in montreal and their second shot of the game. >> joe: 8:47 the time of the tally. eric fehr who posted a marker in the third peter against buffalo. notches his fifth overall in the campaign. washington, the first period continues to work like a charm for them. see how they protect the advantage through the balance. near the midway mark of the opening quarter. joe beninati, craig laughlin with you from bell senor in montreal. >> craig: is this the 20th game that the caps have scored first? >> joe: time after time, locker, and with missed results here and there. they have not been a jugger not per se when jumping to the lead. travis moen played a fine game against washington eight days ago dumps it in. jurcina back in the lineup a couple nights ago when they squared off with the sabres. >> craig: they played together last year and found instant chemistry. in fact, at one point boudreau said alter's play was fabulous. i think he had great comfort getting

good read by eric fehr, doing his best quintin laing impression. laing on the shelf with that broken jaw. one thing we know about quintin laing in washington. you know he will be there >> joe: as soon as he can be fitted for the aquarium, he will be in it as long as it's not too threatenning to him. greene, nice passing for steckel. beagle trying to deke to the back hand. the capital are going to a power play now >> craig: all because of a change by the beagle. good play by beagle. >> getting a step, joe, looking leak a greyhound >> joe: oh, oh, oh. and schenn goes on the nice >> joe: 15 yards un-annual lift- like conduct >> craig: here he is, getting the position, schenn has to grab him with the left arm, good speed by beagle >> joe: looking like a greyhound. >> craig: you can buy it off me >> joe: yeah, sure. >> joe: power play packaged by the ups store. brooks laich now firmly ensconced in front of the net in that mike knuble spot. ovechkin, one timer, right to the bread basket to ian white. that has to sting. stempniak, shorthanded opportunity,

ovechkin trying on gunnarsson for save, to eric fehr, fehr, looping in, fires, stick save and no rebound from toskala. we played 9:34. still looking for the first red light. for the guys in red. you are at the mid-way washing of this opening period. green with nine point in the last nine games. ahead, goes arye >> craig: that's what happens, you miss a game without scoring a power play and now you are shuffled to the second unit. the caps had gone stretch straight until last night shoring at least one power play >> joe: maple leafs dead last in terms of penalty killing. they were that way last year when they turn serred more goals that any team in the league >> craig: this is a team that takes way too many penalty if you are such a bad tempt killing club >> joe: capitals starting lollygagging through the first few seconds of the power play now they are starting to get into gear i they were lackadaisical last night. that's what in part did them in until fehr opened the store and then montreal turned the tables >> craig: they just don't have that nrj that we are used to seeing early on in