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When Alex Ovechkin opened the scoring just 49 seconds into the game, it continued a strong trend. The Caps now have outscored opponents 10-0 in the opening minute of periods this ae surrendered the first goal of the game a woeful 35 times.
FOUR PLAY
At one point, the Leafs had a shots-on-goal edge of 11-2 but it didn't matter. The potent Caps scored four times on Vesa Toskala in their first 12 shots.
NO GOAL
The Leafs had a pair of would-be goals called back, both the correct call. In the first period, the net clearly was knocked off when the puck crossed the line and the Caps' Tom Poti was given a high-sticking penalty. In the second, Matt Stajan's effort was called back because of a high-sticking penalty to Alexei Ponikarovsky.
POINT-GETTERS
LEAFS G A P
Tomas Kaberle 1 0 1
Phil Kessel 0 1 1
Lee Stempniak 0 1 1
CAPITALS G A P
Alex Ovechkin 1 4 5
Mike Knuble 2 0 2
Mike Green 0 2 2
Nicklas Backstrom 0 2 2
Alexander Semin 0 2 2 Eric Fehr 1 1 1
Tomas Fleischmann 1 1 1
Tom Poti 1 1 1
Jason Chimera 0 1 1
SHOTS ON GOAL
1 2 3 TOT
Leafs 14 7 8 -- 29
Capitals 8 9 7 -- 24
UP NEXT
Monday -- Maple Leafs at the Nashville Predators; 8 p.m., SNO, AM 640.
