Capitals Tie Flames

The Washington Capitals outshot Calgary 41-29 on Day 132, but the club could only manage a 3-3 tie. The result moves the Capitals to 27-28-11, one point out of the playoffs.

Todd Warriner gave Washington a good start when he scored from Jonathan Cheechoo and Michal Rozsival at 13:13. The Caps fired 17 shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes.

Calgary tied things up very quickly in the second period on Pyatt's goal from Brind'Amour and Popovic after just 11 seconds. Washington regained the lead 5:38 later when Artem Chubarov scored his 15th goal of the season, but the Flames battled back to tie the game again. This time it was Cassels getting the goal from Gratton and Warrener at 13:31. Chubarov scored his second goal of the game just 48 seconds later to make it 3-2 heading to the final period. Radoslav Suchy and Dan Boyle setup Chubarov's second goal.

The Flames picked up its game in the final period, and Cassels got the critical goal from Kovalchuk at 13:32 to make it 3-3.

Manny Legace stopped 26 shots for Washington to move to 21-23-8. Johan Hedberg made 38 saves for Florida.

The Capitals return to home ice on Day 134 against Vancouver.