gagner settling.f the bench for pat quinn. 32 in the blow drifting below the goal line for brule. some room, high slot back hander on the outside of the goal. staios out for a moment. he didn't get it out. >> craig: he's so tired joe, and they were stats in their own zone, caught out way too long on the shift. fortunately for the caps, it didn't cost them. >> joe: semin for the steal, no one there were washington. coming wing to wing. trying to snap out of the lengthy goal route for himself. >> craig: six or seven games without a goal, joe. he has had the two best chances in this period and in this game. >> joe: the breakaway in the second period, the 1:05 mark. depositing the rebound for the only red light cogli aan -- cogliano shifting back. for pe potulny. oh, no, it goes in. 2-0 edmonton. [ horn sounding ] >> craig: you could just feel the blow, and i was going to say the ice rink here in edmonton has been tilted in the favor of the hometown team. there's been absolutely no flow going with the cap

gagner tangling up. green also bumping his teammate there. quintin laing lobbed away. >> craig: that's all they have to continue to do, and this team is done. >> joe: four-goal explosion in the third period for the guys in the white sweaters. angling for win number 22 on the campaign. should this hold, the fastest 15 ever recorded in recorded recorded in -- recorded in capitals' franchise history. jurcina as it goes through him. brule shoved down by laich. penner on the perimeter. wrister on the way, knocked down in front of neuvirth. we will keep our eyes on deslauriers. he will lift him for the extra skater, can't do it now. deslauriers recovers. >> craig: he was coming at full speed and said uh-oh. now he's out cleanly because the oilers have the puck. >> joe: semin and ovechkin going the other way. looking for the hat trick, back hands it wide. alex ovechkin trying to reel in the nhl's goal scoring leader with his two tallies in the third. 9-4 in the third. bumped to poti. just over a minute in regulation. nilsson did not keep it away. ba

penner to gagner. penner looking for him again, this one is melted long enough for a whistle. >> craig: one of the best lines in hockey playing with the montreal canadians, lighting it up for dale hunter's squad. here's the opportunity to go to the net. just didn't get there in time, joe. he's not the biggest guy, he can put up the numbers. blah. they would like to see more goals from sam. >> joe: a look at how quickly the traffic so develops in front of the net minder. 8 seconds left in the first period. stone, o'sullivan wanting to bounce by. steckel keeping it at his feet. this first period is done. washington to deslauriers time after time, but the big edmonton net minder and mike neuvirth with a clean slate after 20. net star intermission live is coming up. you can't go anywhere in canada without talking about the olympic hockey tournament. we will put locker to work -- laughlin to work with tell station. there -- telestrati,on. stay with us. live on the other side of the break. - what can i say?