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7:00 pm EDT Wed Apr 21, 2010

The Washington Capitals have regained the edge in their first-round series with the Montreal Canadiens. Without any contributions from the NHL’s top-ranked power play, the Capitals have scored 11 goals in two straight wins over Montreal to regain home-ice advantage heading into Wednesday’s Game 4 in their Eastern Conference series. Washington won its Bell Centre playoff debut 5-1 on Monday night. Its vaunted power play went 0 for 7, though, and played no part in silencing the Canadiens’ fans. That was handled by a four-goal outburst in the second period, started by Boyd Gordon’s short-handed goal and capped by Alex Ovechkin’s second goal in as many games. The Capitals, who lead the series 2-1, have yet to score in 14 opportunities with the man advantage against eighth-seeded Montreal. They haven’t scored a power-play goal in five games, including their last two regular-season games.

Washington coach Bruce Boudreau noted that any added contributions from the power play won’t necessarily result in the Capitals blowing the Canadiens off the ice. After reviewing the previous night’s game Tuesday, Boudreau said the Capitals’ four-goal margin of victory in Game 3 had pushed to the back of his mind the fact that the Canadiens had numerous good scoring opportunities early in the game. He said goalie Semyon Varlamov’s play in the first was the key to Washington keeping it scoreless through the first 20 minutes. Varlamov replaced Jose Theodore early in Game 2 after the former Canadiens goalie was beaten on the first two shots he faced. The Capitals chased Montreal starter Jaroslav Halak midway through Game 3. Carey Price, who played each of the Canadiens’ four regular season games against Washington, relieved and stopped 21 of 23 shots.