Pothier's

It was the standing ovation from the Verizon Center crowd when Brian Pothier's name was announced after his tiebreaking score.

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Ranger scored about five minutes into the game, and Fleischmann, whose assist on Pothier's goal gave him his first multipoint game of the season, answered 10 minutes later.

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Backstrom also assisted on Brian Pothier's tying goal about 5 1/2 minutes into the second, faking a shot before dropping a pass to Pothier for a one-timer from the top of the right circle.

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Pothier's second goal of the season gave Washington the lead 3: 53 into the first.

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Lecavalier tied the game at two 5: 50 into the second with a wrist shot off a backward pass from Vinny Prospal, but Shane O'Brien was called for high-sticking to set up Pothier's goal at 5: 06.

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A second shy of exactly 5 minutes later, Ovechkin scored again, this time redirecting defenseman Brian Pothier's shot from the slot on a power play to make it 4-2.

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Stephen Weiss put a backhander past Kolzig in the 11th round, and Vokoun then stopped Brian Pothier's wrist shot, helping the Panthers beat the Capitals 2-1 for their season-high fourth straight victory.

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Biron came out too far to play Brian Pothier's shot and Pettinger poked the puck into an empty net.

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Washington went ahead 1-0 on defenseman Brian Pothier's goal 13: 45 into the game, and Pittsburgh tied it nearly 4 minutes into the second period on Jordan Staal's goal.

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Nolan gave Phoenix an early 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 2: 02 into the game, but Brian Pothier's power-play goal tied it for Washington with 6: 17 left in the period.

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