brooks laich lost the draw to zenon konopka. stephanie veilleux and michal neuvirth dumps it in the corner. green will take over. not get it out cleanly. stephanie veilleux to the front. they have four on the board. >> we'll wait and see if bruce boudreau decides to change the tender. the capitals under siege. theodore is not on the bench. he is on the runway but here comes the tampa bay lightning. second goal of the season, just snaps it and he gets a lucky bounce off of the capps who can't rebound the rebound. joe: not good for the capitals. the tampa bay lightning are up 4-1. >> stephanie veilleux is a 28-year-old native of quebec and the capitals have been bull led for four goals in period one. alex ovenchin on a fly by. he is out there with knuble and backstrom trying to get a late one. knocked away by smith. final minute of period one with the nhl on sportsnet tonight. meeting two up six between the southeast division rivals and the lightning having a field day offensively. >> we have seen the capitals team play in a long

brooks laich picks it up.hrows it across and everyone knows that's where semin has been hanging out the last coupleweeks. another outstanding play. here, it's something that pays off well for them. they know that mike knuble is always going to go to the net. backstrom gets a little piece of that. throws over knuble. he knows knuble is going to go from a-to presented, no detour to see. he'll drive the crease hard and there's no better player in the league inside the paint than mike knuble. >> mike knuble is one of the guys who has talked about it. he said to bruce boudreau, look, i got 28 goals in philadelphia playing on consistent lines. bruce boudreau likes to juggle things around when things aren't gl well. he's rewarding his players. if you want to perform on the same line together, keep putting the puck in the net. this is what the capitals are doing. >> i also think it gives you a lost confidence to play in the same line every night and not wonder if you're going to get pulled off the line right away. tha

brooks laich will reflect it back to the montreal side.pacek fumbles. >> craig: go d he take his eyes off the ice. >> joe: piekanec fumbled it ahead. shaone morrisonn in front of neuvirth. 2:20 to go. we'll keep our eyes for when carey price is lifted for extra skater. with semins turning on markov who staves him off well. >> craig: nicely done by markov? fires and scores. a bomb for alexander semin. i'm not guilty to sure if i've ever seen him unload a slapshot with that velocity. >> craig: that is everything. that is not off the back foot. that's keying it up and going high shelf on his eighth shot of the game. he gets his second goal and man, oh, man, how are you going to stop this? no one is going to to. the torque, the slapshot, the perfect positioning. textbook from alexander semin who's been the difference maker for the caps. >> joe: he has shared 13 of his 16 goals of this season with the verizon center faithful. alexander semin and in washington trying to get the caps off the schneid. >> craig: he's the guy that will score in bunc

set for brooks laich booted away by pouliot. corralled by brooks laich. offsides call coming here.sides against montreal. >> craig: all the chance for the caps seem to start with alexander semin. here's the rotation around the circle. that's a nifty pass by semin. the hard shot. look at the butterfly. is that textbook or what. alexander semin going for 15th goal. >> joe: he's got 14. 11 at home. carey price has been a tough netminder to solve of late. canadiens in the sharp white looking sweaters. green will scale it out. gill pressured by lang. green takes over. better than 30 minutes of activity for mike green. not going very far. bruce boudreau wants the change. jacques martin getting fresh troops out. maxim lapierre down the wing. jason chimera making his debut as a cap. >> craig: playing under 11 minutes for the first two game for us bruce. bruce is getting used to what he can do in practices and games. as he gets more familiar with chimera you will see climb. the caps with only one give away so far. that's something to look forward to if the caps continue to pressure the mont

brooks laich to dump it in. matt walker hustles back for it and now on for stanco. 19-year-old center playing. trickle to michal neuvirth so washing is washed out. tom gate and vince lecavalier on the viers tampa bay goal. one nothing for the capitals. >> the rink wise pass from knuble to backstrom did not hook up. joe: viktor headman will wait. another promises young star in this tampa bay lineup. steckel for the breakup for washington. bradley a step late. brian ponthier booms one in from center. >> the team completing line change as the head man is torn by steckel. brian malone, wing towing for downy. not going far and shaone morrisonn was ready. the capitals look to counterattack. boyd gordon was knocked. deflected by green off extangvinc lierat tcag 0tp csn. joe: vince lecavalier taking a breather. it is his goal that has the locals over the capitals by one in this first period. toyota wants to watch hard shooting right-handed players. >> a point per game tied with 17 and steven stamkos for tampa bay. a goa

brooks laich thought he wasplaying center the other night and found out prior to the game he was going to stay on the wing. i don't think anything can go wrong either way and gives them another option at the end of the season. i'll expect him to be there for tonight. next game, i wouldn't expect to see him by the way things have gone. >> definitely likes to shuffle those lines. brian may, thank you very much. as always, we look forward to your post-game summary. >> thank you. >> ottawa has not faired very well here in dc. they have lost their last six dating back to march of 2006. >> lisa hillary, thank you very much. looking forward to your reports from verizon center later tonight. coming up after "geico sportsnite", stay tuned for the senators-capitals in splendiferous hi-definition on comcast sportsnet. when it's done, al coken and al will break it all down on post- game live. here is a look at what very well could be a lasting image from this saga. the gilbert arenas, washington wizards saga which reportedly began on the wizards team playing december 19 came to a head on the 21st.

brooks laich sends it out. on the delay for alzner. joining the rush. gervais keeps it to the outside. karl alzner plays a pass to himself along the boards and starts the cycle for laich. alzner chips it away from taveras. meyer clamps ton with a dozen seconds to go in the opening period. semin with a final thrust. alexander semin right on in tries to make a backdoor pass then he scores! semin on the backhanded scores one. >> craig: again t-starts in the back check. talk about back pressure. alexander semin has been terrific on both sides of the puck and that is just a great two way goal. here comes semin. the rewind. look at the looked like brooksy coming into play ricochettes off the d. comes right back to him answered puts in a backhand on an extremely sharp angle. it's just been the way it's been going for semin of late. second goal of the night, 23rd on the season for number 28. >> joe: at 19:56, capping off a four-goal first period explosion for the capitals. mike knuble from backstrom and fleischmann on the power play at 18:13 preceded by semin a