Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Monday, April 26, 2010, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Playoffs Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Monday, April 26, 2010 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2009-2010 record
Washington Capitals	1	54-15-13
at Montreal Canadiens	4	39-33-10

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	0	0	1	1
Montreal Canadiens	2	0	2	4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	18	14	22	54
Montreal Canadiens	10	3	9	22

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	07:30	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Cammalleri (1)	Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)	Power play	WSH 0, MTL 1
1st	09:09	Montreal Canadiens	Michael Cammalleri (2)	P.K. Subban (1), Tomas Plekanec (1)	Even strength	WSH 0, MTL 2
3rd	04:17	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre (1)	Josh Gorges (1)	Even strength	WSH 0, MTL 3
3rd	15:10	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr (1)	Mike Green (1), Jason Chimera (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 3
3rd	19:03	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Plekanec (1)	Michael Cammalleri (1), Andrei Kostitsyn (1)	Even strength, Empty net	WSH 1, MTL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	Washington Capitals	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	54	22
Power play	0 of 6	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	12	14
Hits	14	20
Blocked shots	12	23
Giveaways	5	3
Takeaways	3	4
Faceoffs won	32/61 (52.5%)	29/61 (47.5%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	8	3	0	0		25:34
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		08:07
Number 14 T. Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	60%	12:11
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	40%	07:39
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0		10:09
Number 18 E. Belanger	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	62.5%	13:20
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	42.1%	23:30
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	6	1	1	0	100%	22:16
Number 22 M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0		17:01
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		09:39
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	-2	0	7	0	0	0		21:36
Number 39 D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57.1%	08:11
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		14:47
Number 26 S. Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	0		14:07
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	1	1	0	4	6	4	3	0		26:51
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:18
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		20:54
Number 77 J. Corvo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	10	0	0	0		17:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 S. Varlamov	21	18	3	.857	59:19	Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 M. Cammalleri	L	2	1	3	+2	0	4	0	2	1	100%	18:46
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	2	0	55.6%	23:33
Number 15 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		05:54
Number 21 B. Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	100%	22:50
Number 32 T. Moen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		13:58
Number 40 M. Lapierre	C	1	0	1	+1	4	2	3	0	0	50%	11:55
Number 42 D. Moore	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	37.5%	12:45
Number 46 A. Kostitsyn	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	0	0		16:28
Number 57 B. Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		05:10
Number 91 S. Gomez	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	40%	20:26
Number 94 T. Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		14:15
Number 20 R. O'Byrne	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0		20:16
Number 26 J. Gorges	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0		22:36
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0		14:25
Number 47 M. Bergeron	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		05:31
Number 75 H. Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0		19:04
Number 76 P. Subban	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1	0		10:02
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0		28:58

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 J. Halak	54	53	1	.982	59:42	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	07:06	Washington Capitals	Shaone Morrisonn	Cross checking	2
1st	11:30	Washington Capitals	Mike Green	Elbowing	2
1st	13:10	Montreal Canadiens	Glen Metropolit	Holding	2
1st	13:56	Montreal Canadiens	Roman Hamrlik	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	01:56	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan O'Byrne	Holding	2
2nd	05:46	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Diving	2
2nd	11:02	Washington Capitals	Mike Green	Tripping	2
2nd	18:37	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr	Cross checking	2
3rd	04:44	Washington Capitals	Tomas Fleischmann	Tripping	2
3rd	04:44	Montreal Canadiens	Brian Gionta	Diving	2
3rd	06:32	Montreal Canadiens	Maxim Lapierre	Diving	2
3rd	09:12	Washington Capitals	Eric Belanger	Hooking	2
3rd	12:42	Montreal Canadiens	Ryan O'Byrne	Interference	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Jacques Martin
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Jonny Murray
Washington Capitals scratches: Brendan Morrison, Scott Walker, Quintin Laing, John Erskine, Tyler Sloan, Milan Jurcina
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Georges Laraque, Jaroslav Spacek, Mathieu Darche, Sergei Kostitsyn, Ben Maxwell

2009-2010 season series

Every Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens game in the 2009-2010 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Washington Capitals 2	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Fri, Nov 20, 2009
Washington Capitals 4 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/SO	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Nov 28, 2009
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 4	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Tue, Jan 5, 2010
Washington Capitals 5 at Montreal Canadiens 6	Final/OT	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Feb 10, 2010
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Washington Capitals 2	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Washington Capitals 6	Final/OT Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Sat, Apr 17, 2010
Washington Capitals 5 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Apr 19, 2010
Washington Capitals 6 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Fri, Apr 23, 2010
Washington Capitals 1 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens, Mon, Apr 26, 2010
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Playoffs	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals, Wed, Apr 28, 2010

Other NHL games on Apr 26

Other NHL games on Monday, April 26, 2010
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final Playoffs	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins, Mon, Apr 26, 2010
Chicago Blackhawks 5 at Nashville Predators 3	Final Playoffs	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators, Mon, Apr 26, 2010

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