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Injury-riddled Canadiens close out long homestand

Dec 13, 2008 - 11:48 AM Washington (17-10-3) at Montreal (16-7-5), 7:00 pm EST

MONTREAL (Ticker) -- The Montreal Canadiens will be without captain Saku Koivu when they complete a seven-game homestand against the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Koivu injured his foot during the first period of the Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Finn took five shifts in the middle session before retreating to the locker room for good.

With Chris Higgins and defensemen Mike Komisarek and Mathieu Dandenault already on the shelf, the Canadiens' injury list continues to grow as Georges Laraque, Koivu and goaltender Carey Price are also ailing.

"Carey still wasn't feeling well this morning, so he went to see the doctor this morning," Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau told the team's web site. "Georges is still battling a lower body injury. Saku is going to need an MRI, and (Higgins) is going to meet with doctors on Saturday morning."

Koivu has recorded seven goals and 15 assists with a team-best plus-11 rating in 28 games.

The Capitals are starting to get healthier as defenseman Mike Green and center Sergei Fedorov both returned for Friday's 5-1 rout of the Ottawa Senators.

Alex Ovechkin had a pair of goals and Fedorov and Nicklas Backstrom added three assists apiece for Washington, which is seeking its third straight win and fifth in its last six games.






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    FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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    WASHINGTON 1 0 1 2
    MONTREAL 0 1 0 1 FINAL
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) NICKLAS BACKSTROM 10 (ALEX OVECHKIN, ALEXANDER
    SEMIN) 10:19
    2ND PRD: MON - PATRICE BRISEBOIS 3 (ALEX TANGUAY, ROBERT LANG) 15:25
    3RD PRD: WAS - MICHAEL NYLANDER 3 (ALEXANDRE GIROUX, VIKTOR KOZLOV)
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    WASHINGTON 2
    MONTREAL 1
    3RD PRD: WAS - MICHAEL NYLANDER 3 (ALEXANDRE GIROUX, VIKTOR KOZLOV)
    17:28

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    END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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    WASHINGTON 1 0 1
    MONTREAL 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) NICKLAS BACKSTROM 10 (ALEX OVECHKIN, ALEXANDER
    SEMIN) 10:19
    2ND PRD: MON - PATRICE BRISEBOIS 3 (ALEX TANGUAY, ROBERT LANG) 15:25
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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    WASHINGTON 1
    MONTREAL 1
    2ND PRD: MON - PATRICE BRISEBOIS 3 (ALEX TANGUAY, ROBERT LANG) 15:25

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    END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    WASHINGTON 1 1
    MONTREAL 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
    GOAL SCORING:
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) NICKLAS BACKSTROM 10 (ALEX OVECHKIN, ALEXANDER
    SEMIN) 10:19
    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
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    WAS 11 11
    MON 6 6
    GOALIES: WAS - S

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    WASHINGTON 1
    MONTREAL 0
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) NICKLAS BACKSTROM 10 (ALEX OVECHKIN, ALEXANDER
    SEMIN) 10:19

    Capitals 1, Canadiens 0  1st - 9:41Dec 13 7:35 PM

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