game score,and commentary...

Red Wings 3,Capitals 2... Henrik Zetterberg scored two goals,including game winning goal,along with Valtteri Filppula,and then shut down Capitals in third period... Alex Ovechkin scored a goal for Capitals,but the Capitals were kept to the boards,and had very few chances of shooting in front of net,in third period,and Red Wings played very good defense around the net,throughout the game... against Red Wings,they needed a garbage goal(tap-in goal),in front of Jimmy Howard,but he,and the Red Wings refused to even give Ovechkin,and company,a sniff around the net,in third period... Washington played a rather defensive-minded game in first two periods,and then ran out of gas to wind up their offense,in third period... Ovechkin scored goal in second period to tie game,at two,after two periods... Howard was screened by his defensive player on shot,and it was rocket over head,and he seemed to be frozen(did not move on goal)... it was not his fault,and he played well enough to win his league-leading 34th game... he stopped everything that he could see,and Washington did not have enough offense to beat Zetterberg(with his two goals),and the Detroit Red Wings,tonight... the Red Wings shut down the Capitals' top offensive line,and kept Ovechkin in check,most of the night...