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Capitals LW Ovechkin looks to continue hot start vs. Canucks

Oct 13, 2008 - 1:17 PM Vancouver (2-0-0) at Washington (1-1-0) 7:00 pm. EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Alex Ovechkin has wasted little time in making his mark on the young NHL season.

The reigning Hart Trophy winner looks to build off his first multi-goal performance on Monday when the Washington Capitals host the Vancouver Canucks.

Ovechkin scored a league-leading 65 goals last season and helped the Capitals reach the playoffs for the first time since 2003. After being held without a point in the season opener, Ovechkin scored a pair of goals in a 4-2 win over Chicago on Saturday.

Ovechkin helped the Capitals rebound from a 7-4 loss to Atlanta on Friday.

Washington also got a much better effort from Jose Theodore, who signed a two-year, $9 million deal in the offseason. The 32-year-old fizzled in his debut, when he was pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots.

Theodore went going 5-0-1 with a 1.97 goals-against average last season. He may be challenged by a Vancouver team that swept a home-and-home series with Calgary by outscoring it, 11-4.

Daniel Sedin had three assists in a 6-0 win on Friday, then followed that up with two goals in Saturday's 5-4 victory. It is a surprising start to the season for Vancouver, which ranked in the bottom third of the league in goals last season (213).

Vancouver is 4-0-1 in the five meetings with Washington since a 4-3 loss in 2001.








  • NHL
    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 1 0 0 1
    WASHINGTON 2 3 0 5 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - ALEXANDER SEMIN 2 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, MIKE GREEN) 2:54
    VAN - (PP) ALEXANDER EDLER 1 (HENRIK SEDIN, SAMI SALO) 4:02
    WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 3 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, TOMAS
    FLEISCHMANN) 16:11
    2ND PRD: WAS - MILAN JURCINA

    Oct 13 9:37 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 1 0 1
    WASHINGTON 2 3 5 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - ALEXANDER SEMIN 2 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, MIKE GREEN) 2:54
    VAN - (PP) ALEXANDER EDLER 1 (HENRIK SEDIN, SAMI SALO) 4:02
    WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 3 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, TOMAS
    FLEISCHMANN) 16:11
    2ND PRD: WAS -

    Oct 13 8:42 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 1
    WASHINGTON 5
    2ND PRD: WAS - (PS) MICHAEL NYLANDER 1 16:36

    Canucks 1, Capitals 5  2nd - 3:24Oct 13 8:38 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 1
    WASHINGTON 4
    2ND PRD: WAS - ALEXANDER SEMIN 3 (BROOKS LAICH, MICHAEL NYLANDER) 5:23

    Canucks 1, Capitals 4  2nd - 14:37Oct 13 8:17 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 1
    WASHINGTON 3
    2ND PRD: WAS - MILAN JURCINA 1 (CHRIS CLARK, BOYD GORDON) 4:17

    Canucks 1, Capitals 3  2nd - 15:43Oct 13 8:12 PM


  • NHL
    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    VANCOUVER 1 1
    WASHINGTON 2 2 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - ALEXANDER SEMIN 2 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, MIKE GREEN) 2:54
    VAN - (PP) ALEXANDER EDLER 1 (HENRIK SEDIN, SAMI SALO) 4:02
    WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 3 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, TOMAS
    FLEISCHMANN) 16:11
    SHOTS ON GOAL:

    Oct 13 7:46 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 1
    WASHINGTON 2
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) MIKE GREEN 3 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, TOMAS FLEISCHMANN)
    16:11

    Canucks 1, Capitals 2  1st - 3:49Oct 13 7:42 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 1
    WASHINGTON 1
    1ST PRD: VAN - (PP) ALEXANDER EDLER 1 (HENRIK SEDIN, SAMI SALO) 4:02

    Canucks 1, Capitals 1  1st - 15:58Oct 13 7:19 PM


  • NHL
    VANCOUVER 0
    WASHINGTON 1
    1ST PRD: WAS - ALEXANDER SEMIN 2 (MICHAEL NYLANDER, MIKE GREEN) 2:54

    Canucks 0, Capitals 1  1st - 17:06Oct 13 7:17 PM
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