"We have to stop taking bad penalties, but we had a good effort considering all the people we're missing, and we have to build on the positives," Martin said.

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Habs' Carey Price makes a save on Capitals' David Steckel during first period last night. Caps won 4-3 in a shootout.

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First Star: Eric Fehr scored two goals for the Canadiens, including the tying goal with 11.4 seconds remaining in regulation time.

Second Star: Jaroslav Spacek returned from an injury and had a strong game with a goal, an assist and six blocked shots.

Third Star: Alex Ovechkin scored a goal and added an assist and fired a game-high eight shots on goal.

Key Number: 18 The number of shot Alex Ovechkin took. He had eight on goal,eight were blocked and two missed the net.

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