With 19 seconds remaining in the game and trailing by one, Mike Green hit the right post flush and the puck gently came to rest underneath Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, and the Washington Capitals' best chance to tie up a game they struggled in was whistled dead.
Two ensuing faceoffs provided no more help, and the Caps (13-5-4) fell 3-2 before a capacity crowd at the Verizon Center Friday night.
Washington played the final 1:52 on a power play, and much of the time played with a six-to-four man advantage.
"There was a lot of red out there," Price said about the last two minutes to the media after the game. "Especially when I lost my stick. I've got six players against four with no stick. That makes it pretty tough."
Tough, but obviously not impossible.
The Capitals found themselves down 3-1 midway through the third period due to an uneven, sometimes sloppy performance.
With several players wearing jersey numbers in the 70s and 80s, Washington resembled a traveling preseason squad.
Missing from the lineup were such regulars as Alexander Semin, Mike Knuble, Boyd Gordon, Quintin Laing, M ...
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