Blues Against Right Washington

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Alexander Semin scored the lone goal for the Capitals, who had won three of four. But Washington was able to extend its streak of games with at least one goal scored to 31 contests to start the 2011-12 season, the longest streak to begin a season since Washington went 31 games without being shut out to kick off 2009-10.

McLeod gave Colorado a 1-0 lead just 2:49 into the game. A Capitals player and McLeod battled for the puck along the boards near the blue line. McLeod managed to flip the puck on net and beat a fooled Neuvirth.

Less than a minute later, Johnson gave the Avalanche the lead back. Johnson's slapper from the right point beat traffic in front and got past Neuvirth.

Game Notes

Colorado has won three of the last four meetings...The Avs started a four-game homestand on Saturday...Colorado has won five in a row at the Pepsi Center...Washington went 0-for-4 on the power play, while Colorado went 0- for-2 on the man advantage.

With the score tied in the third, San Jose took the lead as Joe Pavelski made a quick move around the left side of the net and sent the puck over to the right for the easy slam by Marleau for a power-play goal and a 3-2 advantage 6:11 in.

"He made a good wrap on it and I was able to sneak in the back door and get the goal," said Marleau. "We've just been trying to simplify things and it's been working."

A give-and-go between Michal Handzus and Havlat saw Handzus send it back to the right for the easy tap in and a 1-0 San Jose lead 8:36 in.

San Jose, though, tied the game with 5:27 to play in the second when Marc- Edouard Vlasic fired a pass from the right point to the low slot where a wide open Thornton had no trouble sneaking it in.

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