MONTREAL – Joel Ward scored late in the third period to give the visiting Washington Capitals a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in NHL pre-season action on Sunday.
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Backup goaltender Justin Peters stopped all seven shots he faced for Washington (3-2-0) before being replaced by Braden Holtby mid-way through the second period.
Holtby made an additional 11 saves for the combined shutout.
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Brooks Laich added a second goal for the Capitals in an empty net in the game’s last minute.
Carey Price made 29 saves for Montreal (3-1-0) in his first full game of the pre-season.
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Price, who played 30 minutes in Montreal’s 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday, was solid in his first full game since abruptly leaving last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs with a knee injury.
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Price made several key saves, including back-to-back stops in the third period on Washington’s Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom
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Ward put an end to penalty-filled affair at 18:31 of the third when his saucer shot flew into the net just out of the reach of Price.
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