March 11th, 1983
Montreal Canadiens (46-25-4) at Washington Capitals (44-27-3)
The Canadiens play on back to back nights, tonight at the Verizon Center in Washington. Montreal has lost both the previous meetings with Washington, 6-4 at home and 3-2 in Washington. The Standings had a little change last night as Buffalo moved into 1st in the Atlantic with 98 points in 74 games, Florida is next with 98 points in 76 games, then Montreal with 96 points in 75 games and Boston with 92 points in 76 games. Montreal has a chance to move into a tie for 2nd tonight with a win. Florida is off tonight.
Montreal has moved up the standings lately due to the play of G
Mike Blackshear. The 29 year old came to Montreal via a trade with the Minnesota Wild on January 23rd, 1981. This season in 62 games he has a 38-19-3 record with a 2.23 GAA, a .907 save % and 8 SO's. In 195 career games including 41 with the Wild, he has 98 wins, a 2.53 GAA, a .904 save % and 19 SO's. The 1983 All-Star was outstanding in the 1980-81 playoffs leading the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup win with his 16 wins and sparkling .934 save %.
The Capitals are currently 2nd in the Metropolitan Division with 91 points, 11 behind the leading Hurricanes. The Capitals will take a lot of shots, they are ranked 5th in the NHL with 34 shots per game. The are ranked 19th on the PK with a 83.6% kill rate.
Montreal will give G
Mike Blackshear the night off and start G
Jason Wells. Wells has 0 wins in 1 game, with a .902 save %. The Capitals go with G
Dana Popelar, he has 17 wins in 23 games with a .912 save %.
Montreal gets the 1st goal of the game at 8:01 when the "on fire" C
Dave Wright gets his 34th goal of the season. Washington ties it up at 10:28 when RW
Peter Carrier gets his 9th of the year. Washington goes up 2-1 at 11:36 when RW
Micheal Redenbach gets his 8th of the season on the PP. Its now 3-1 for the Capitals as RD
Martin Hampl gets his 8th of the year at 12:36. The 1st period ends with Washington dominating out shooting Montreal 16 to 4.
Washington goes up 4-1 at 9:42 when C
Xavier Morissette gets his 16th of the season. Washington goes up 5-1 at 13:06 when RW
Donald Miles gets his 12th goal. The rout continues as its a shooting gallery, RD
Marshall Lawson gets his 16th of the year at 14:13 and its now 6-1. Montreal's 1st line is a -3. The shots in the 2nd are 24 to 7 for Washington.
Washington's C
Don Struble gets his 22nd of the year at 1:39 and it is now 7-1 for the Capitals. Montreal's LW
Jiri Bohm gets his 9th of the year at 7:52 to make it 7-2. The Caps make it 8-2 at 16:31 of the 3rd when LW
Ed Holman gets his 18th of the season. C
Xavier Morissette gets his 2nd of the night at 18:34 on PP to make it 9-2. Washington out shot Montreal 14 to 6 in the 3rd. Montreal was 0 for 3 on the PP, Washington was 2 for 4.
Washington's RD
Marshall Lawson was the 1st star, he had a goal and 2 assists. The 33 year old Lawson has 16 goals, 54 points with 14 PIMs and a +6 rating in 75 games. In 203 career NHL games including 98 with the Flyers, he has 30 goals and 107 career points.
Washington 9
Montreal 2
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st | MTL | Dave Wright | 34 | Yevgeny Ronov | Andrew Rickford |
| 1st | WAS | Peter Carrier | 9 | Martin Hampl | Derek Goulet |
| 1st | WAS | Michael Redenbach (PP) | 11 | Marshall Lawson | Don Struble |
| 1st | WAS | Martin Hampl | 8 | Donald Miles | Mike Stubbs |
| 2nd | WAS | Xavier Morissette | 16 | Alejandro Villalobos | Martin Hampl |
| 2nd | WAS | Donald Miles | 12 | Mike Stubbs | Keith Sutton |
| 2nd | WAS | Marshall Lawson | 16 | Sebastian Sloan | Brenden Clarke |
| 3rd | WAS | Donald Struble | 22 | Marshall Lawson | Brenden Clarke |
| 3rd | MTL | Jiri Bohm | 9 | John Herrod | Tom Gaskell |
| 3rd | WAS | Ed Holman | 18 | Keith Sutton | Bill Jefferson |
| 3rd | WAS | Xavier Morissette (PP) | 17 | Alejandro Villalobos |
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| PER | TEAM | PLAYER | MIN | PENALTY |
| 1st | WAS | Peter Carrier | 5 | Fighting |
| 1st | MTL | Dave Wright | 5 | Fighting |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| MTL | Jason Wells | 54 | 9 |
| WAS | Dana Popelar | 17 | 2 |
Around the league.................
Edmonton Oilers LD
Frank Christian has signed a 3 year, $24.0 M extension today. The 32 year old has 16 goals and 66 points in 74 games. The 1981 Norris Trophy Winner and 2-time All-Star has played 228 career NHL games, he has 46 goals, 185 points, 170 PIMs and a +66 rating. Christian is the NHL career leader in points as a defenseman.
Minnesota Wild C
Vincent Pfister had 2 goals and an assist in a 4-1 win over the Stars. The 21 year old now has 21 goals and 70 points in 73 games this season. The 1983 All-Star is in his 2nd season in the NHL after graduating from the Owen Sound Attack of the OHL. In 155 career NHL games he has 35 goals, 116 points, 94 PIMs and a + 1 rating. Pfister was the Wild's 2nd round, 35th overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.