Caps tab Varlamov for Game 3
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MONTREAL -- Semyon Varlamov will start in goal for the Washington Capitals Monday night (7 p.m. ET, TSN, RDS) in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Montreal Canadiens.
In Game 2, Caps coach Bruce Boudreau pulled Jose Theodore in favor of Varlamov, who had a strong stretch in goal for the Capitals during last spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
Varlamov made his NHL debut at Bell Centre on Dec. 13, 2008, earning a 2-1 win in front of a packed house and a national television audience on a Hockey Night in Canada game. Varlamov is just 6-2-4 with a 3.05 GAA and an .899 save pct. on the road this season.
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"I think we said before the series started that if we were to go anywhere in this we’d probably have to use both goalies," Boudreau said.