"Dennis Wideman's goal 8 minutes 10 seconds into the first period at Bell Centre Saturday afternoon certainly wasn't pretty. In fact, the defenseman hung his head in disbelief at the way he chipped the puck like he was a golfer with a wedge rather than fully connecting on a slap shot.

That fluky goal stood as the game-winner, though, as the Capitals captured an important 3-0 win against Montreal.

"It just went straight up," Wideman said. "You want to score goals but when they go in like that you kind of don't know what to do. Things aren't going well for them and when it's going that way, it seems like goals like that go in. You kind of feel bad; I've been on the other end before.""