Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Sunday, September 28, 2014, 6:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 2–0 on Sunday, September 28, 2014 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Washington Capitals	2	45-26-11
at Montreal Canadiens	0	50-22-10

Goals by period

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

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	8	10	13	31
Montreal Canadiens	4	11	3	18

Three stars

C. Price, Montreal Canadiens (goaltender)
J. Carlson, Washington Capitals (1 assist)
A. Galchenyuk, Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
3rd	18:31	Washington Capitals	Joel Ward (1)	Andre Burakovsky (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 0
3rd	19:21	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich (1)	Nicklas Backstrom (2), John Carlson (2)	Even strength, Empty net	WSH 2, MTL 0

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	31	18
Power play	0 of 6	0 of 6
Penalty minutes	29	30
Hits	25	30
Blocked shots	16	16
Giveaways	4	12
Takeaways	8	2
Faceoffs won	21/56 (37.5%)	35/56 (62.5%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		19:28
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		20:08
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	50%	24:15
Number 21 B. Laich	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1	28.6%	17:34
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		17:26
Number 42 J. Ward	R	1	0	1	+2	4	5	0	1	50%	19:48
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	25%	19:27
Number 67 C. Brown	R	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0		04:34
Number 79 N. Walker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		06:37
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		01:14
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1		08:18
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	40%	17:04
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0		22:34
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		15:59
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2		21:46
Number 61 S. Oleksy	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		10:31
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	2		26:03
Number 88 N. Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		13:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 J. Peters	7	7	0	1.000	30:26
Number 70 B. Holtby	11	11	0	1.000	29:34	Win

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 B. Gallagher	R	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14:11
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	-1	0	3	1	1	45%	18:13
Number 15 P. Parenteau	R	-2	0	1	1	0	83.3%	16:47
Number 20 M. Malhotra	C	0	0	0	2	0	66.7%	10:28
Number 22 D. Weise	R	0	0	1	1	0		10:55
Number 26 J. Sekac	L	0	0	0	2	0		12:28
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk	C	-2	0	3	2	2	70%	18:13
Number 32 T. Moen	L	0	0	0	1	2		11:32
Number 49 M. Bournival	L	0	0	2	2	0		09:49
Number 60 C. Thomas	L	0	0	0	0	0		10:06
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	-2	0	1	3	0		17:51
Number 81 L. Eller	C	0	0	2	0	0	70%	14:29
Number 24 J. Tinordi	D	0	24	0	0	0		08:44
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	3	3		17:38
Number 74 A. Emelin	D	0	0	0	7	3		25:42
Number 76 P. Subban	D	-2	0	1	1	2		26:56
Number 77 T. Gilbert	D	0	4	2	3	2		17:52
Number 79 A. Markov	D	-2	0	2	0	0		23:41

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	30	29	1	.967	59:27	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:41	Washington Capitals	Liam O'Brien	Slashing	2
1st	05:11	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Tripping	2
1st	06:11	Washington Capitals	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	13:25	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Kneeing	2
1st	19:20	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	04:10	Washington Capitals	Steve Oleksy	Holding	2
2nd	08:28	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Gilbert	Interference	2
2nd	11:04	Montreal Canadiens	Tom Gilbert	Boarding	2
2nd	11:19	Washington Capitals	Joel Ward	Interference	2
2nd	17:44	Washington Capitals	Joel Ward	Hooking	2
3rd	01:55	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Elbowing (major)	5
3rd	01:55	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
3rd	01:55	Montreal Canadiens	Jarred Tinordi	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	01:55	Washington Capitals	Chris Brown	Instigator	2
3rd	01:55	Washington Capitals	Chris Brown	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	01:55	Washington Capitals	Chris Brown	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	06:54	Washington Capitals	Matt Niskanen	Tripping	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Jonny Murray
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, John Erskine, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Kris Newbury, Mike Green, Dane Byers, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Troy Brouwer, Tim Kennedy, Chris Conner, Jon Landry, Tim Spencer, Jack Hillen, Mike Moore, Tomas Kundratek, Philippe Cornet, Joel Broda, Dmitry Orlov, Michael Latta, Patrick Wey, Edward Pasquale, Garrett Mitchell, Casey Wellman, Aaron Volpatti, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stanislav Galiev, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Brandon Anderson, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Cameron Schilling, Tom Wilson, Chandler Stephenson, Connor Carrick, Austin Wuthrich, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Cody Reichard, Dustin Gazley, Joe Diamond, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Blake Heinrich, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Pheonix Copley, Braden Pimm, Jan Urbas, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Wade Epp, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Braden Christoffer
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Francis Bouillon, Andrei Sidyakin, Andrei Kruchinin, Joey MacDonald, Konstantin Korneev, Brandon Prust, Jake Dowell, Rene Bourque, Joe Finley, T.J. Hensick, David Desharnais, Drayson Bowman, Scott Kishel, Davis Drewiske, Dustin Tokarski, Greg Pateryn, Maxim Trunev, Joel Chouinard, Mac Bennett, Gabriel Dumont, Michael Cichy, Mark MacMillan, Morgan Ellis, Patrick Holland, Riley Brace, Colin Sullivan, Magnus Nygren, Zachary Yuen, Darren Dietz, Josiah Didier, Nathan Beaulieu, Stefan Fournier, Tim Bozon, Dalton Thrower, Charles Hudon, Mike Condon, Jeremy Grégoire, Connor Crisp, Sven Andrighetto, Martin Reway, Michael McCarron, Jacob de la Rose, Zach Fucale, Artturi Lehkonen, Robert Shea, Jack Nevins, Nick Sorkin, Justin Baker, Daniel Carr, Nikita Scherbak, Brett Lernout, Nikolas Koberstein, Daniel Audette, Hayden Hawkey, Jake Evans, David Makowski, Sahir Gill

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