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Power-play woes key to Canadiens' struggles

By John Pereira, Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Washington Capitals are what the Montreal Canadiens were supposed to be this season: an exciting offensive hockey club, led by a Russian superstar, that's sitting near the top of the conference. Wednesday night just proved how different these two teams really are. One day after asking Alexei Kovalev to stay at home and sending Sergei Kostitsyn to the AHL, Montreal lost again, this time in the shootout to the Capitals. The Canadiens are still fighting their demons and now have lost 11 of th ...

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