Rick Stevens

more or less on the third pairing paired with Arbor Jacki.

Whether coincidental or not, Arbor Jacki had one of his best games in a very long time, played 12 and a half minutes, had eight hits, and looked very good, very solid in this game.

But the Canadians could not generate any offense.

Yeah, his starts for him have been few and far between in January, but this was his 14th win of the season and brought him to a record of 14-5-3, by far the most wins for

for the Montreal Canadiens as a goaltender.

Alex Carrier nabbed the first star, getting two goals in short order.

And then it was the second line that did a lot of the rest of the damage.

Yoris Levkovsky had a goal and two assists.

Ivan Demidov had three assists.

Oliver Kapanen had his 16th goal of the season.

And it was a bit of Jekyll and Hyde for Arbor Jack.

He was benched for the most part after the third Canuck goal.

I'd say directly responsible for two of the three Vancouver Canuck goals in this game.

Canadians opened the scoring.

It was Josh Anderson with a shorthanded goal.

Josh Anderson had been out of the lineup for six games due to an upper body injury.

It was his return.

Brendan Gallagher scored his fourth of the season in the second period.

But then it was the Washington Capitals roared back in the third period.

Two goals by Ethan Frank.