alexander semin on theover lap with ovechkin. on the overlap. and he doesn't get there in time. right there so they can regroup. a minute-5 until the second intermission. and primeau is over there. and high by neuvirth. and on the boards for ponikarovsky. the toronto mapleleafs are skating through the puck, getting there first and starting to win some to have little battles below the top of the circle. that is case in point in the last couple of checks. and brendan morrison trailing the play. and knuble has the rebound for washington. erased by ponikarovsky. the final minute of the 2nd period now. high in the air by kaberle. timing it beautifully. knocked down and vice versa. looks like he needs a wind to get it out. 30 seconds to operate. and ian white, out of his own zone. scotching. crossed up by that pass. and morrison working 2-2 with knuble. and a second of the period. kaberle. and closes. one more. save it. 2 seconds. and another save by neuvirth. energily he brings it to the conclusion. watch the peaks and valley, goes one way then the other. tough stay at the end of the

alexander semin, his running mate, guaranteeing the lot to play there.azzling and razzeling. >> and we think when you talk about mike green in canada, that's a hot topic. >> craig: he is on the bubble. we just saw lowe walk by. we hope he gets a chance. >> joe: i think fleischmann is a sure for the czech republic. they may use him at center. >> craig: the way he plays and scored this season after missing training camp, missing 11 games he's been a real positive. >> joe: the defending champs at the olympics in '06, nicklas backstrom, back in '010. >> craig: you put him with the ringer, he will always rack up the points. nick backstrom, another young guy they will be able to utilize. >> joe: i know discussing rosters for team usa and canada could start a barroom brawl, but who do you think will be there? >> craig: apoto from the islanders and then eric johnson, other -- ore, and martin and then the number one guy, miller. >> joe: tom miller could easily find his way to the usa. now your favorite nation, team california and their plethora of talent. >> crai

. >> joe: and alexander semin and alex ovechkin 2-2. oh, a surprise for ovechkin. a high slot.will force washington to rewind. a passing display, isn't it. >> greg: you see a lot of interchanges between ovechkin and semin, which makes it so difficult to contend with defensively. you can see him coming up the right side just like he did moments ago. so they interchange. either one is as confident on the right side as they are on the left side. >> joe: and brendan morrison on the near side, turning out to be a counter attack for toronto. watch nhl on back cast sports net. staging. knuble going the other direction. back by jeff finger. brendan morrison -- shaone morrisonn late. rewind button by the waps. over to bren don morrison. beautiful. >> greg: i don't think we have seen a better passing period from this caps team all season long, joe. >> greg: 2-0 washington. and kaberle turn. 8 seconds to go. bradley there jumping in. that is where the 1st period coming to a conclusion. washington, well, this you go. otherwise on the power play. backstrom following him and the top line lea

or alexander semin scooping up his own rebound.they have been all over the score sheet. >> only the san jose sharks trio better. one, two, three with the ducks combining for 100 points also. >> we should address one more hot topic from the colorado game back on tuesday. there was one second period collision that had the news wires humming. >> it's called a cheap shot. running over mike green. you never hit a guy in the back of the numbers but he did. got a five-minute major then had to answer the bell after that hit from mike green. >> bruce boudreau didn't mince any words in how he hopes the league would respond. >> first and foremost he called him an idiot then went on to say i hope they throw the book at him. he couldn't play in the ahl. to me that is a bush league hit and i don't understand why the nhl didn't suspend him. >> green a very tough competitor and succeeds in the lineup. >> last four seasons green has only missed 15 games due to injuries. caps much better when he is in picking up points in over 58% of those games. wh