Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Thursday, September 24, 2015, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, September 24, 2015 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2015-2016 record
Washington Capitals	4	56-18-8
at Montreal Canadiens	3	38-38-6

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Washington Capitals	15	11	10	7	0	43
Montreal Canadiens	3	10	9	3	0	25

Three stars

T. Oshie, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
T. Fleischmann, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
J. Williams, Washington Capitals (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:55	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky (1)	Justin Williams (1), Jason Chimera (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 0
1st	14:08	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie (1)	Jonas Siegenthaler (1), Connor Carrick (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, MTL 0
1st	14:20	Montreal Canadiens	Tomas Fleischmann (1)	Dale Weise (1), David Desharnais (1)	Even strength	WSH 2, MTL 1
1st	17:31	Montreal Canadiens	Alex Galchenyuk (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	WSH 2, MTL 2
2nd	08:49	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (1)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Justin Williams (2)	Power play	WSH 3, MTL 2
2nd	14:14	Montreal Canadiens	David Desharnais (1)	Tomas Fleischmann (1), Nathan Beaulieu (1)	Power play	WSH 3, MTL 3

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Team	Shooter	Result
Montreal Canadiens	Alex Galchenyuk	Saved
Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Goal
Montreal Canadiens	David Desharnais	Saved
Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Saved
Montreal Canadiens	Brian Flynn	Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Stat	Washington Capitals	Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal	43	25
Power play	1 of 5	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	19	29
Hits	24	22
Blocked shots	13	14
Giveaways	7	12
Takeaways	2	8
Faceoffs won	33/67 (49.3%)	34/67 (50.7%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	3	1	18:32
Number 10 D. Roy	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	16:08
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:02
Number 14 J. Williams	R	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	18:39
Number 18 C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	14:16
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	15:01
Number 49 S. Galiev	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	12:35
Number 53 S. Collins	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	13:42
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	18:51
Number 67 C. Brown	R	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	10:06
Number 77 T. Oshie	R	1	0	1	0	4	2	3	1	18:47
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	18:12
Number 4 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	2	18:52
Number 9 D. Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	20:36
Number 20 R. Stanton	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	18:48
Number 34 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1	17:14
Number 58 C. Carrick	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	3	21:36
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	25:04

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 D. Ellis	12	12	0	1.000	25:00	Win
Number 70 B. Holtby	13	10	3	.769	40:00

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Time on ice
Number 13 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	18:46
Number 15 T. Fleischmann	L	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	20:15
Number 20 C. Thomas	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:15
Number 22 D. Weise	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	16:08
Number 27 A. Galchenyuk	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	18:09
Number 32 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	17:58
Number 34 M. McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	1	07:19
Number 40 C. Crisp	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	08:43
Number 42 S. Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	12:44
Number 51 D. Desharnais	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	18:26
Number 54 C. Hudon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:48
Number 81 L. Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	21:23
Number 24 J. Tinordi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	16:15
Number 28 N. Beaulieu	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	21:25
Number 36 B. Lernout	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	14:27
Number 76 P. Subban	D	0	0	0	+1	2	5	2	1	28:02
Number 77 T. Gilbert	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	20:21
Number 79 A. Markov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	27:14

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 35 D. Tokarski	22	19	3	.864	32:03
Number 39 M. Condon	21	21	0	1.000	32:57	OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	19:20	Washington Capitals	Jason Chimera	Interference	2
2nd	00:25	Montreal Canadiens	P.K. Subban	Holding	2
2nd	01:24	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Holding	2
2nd	04:06	Montreal Canadiens	Brian Flynn	Slashing	2
2nd	07:47	Montreal Canadiens	Alexander Semin	High sticking	2
2nd	08:20	Montreal Canadiens	Michael McCarron	Slashing	2
2nd	08:20	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Slashing	2
2nd	08:20	Montreal Canadiens	Michael McCarron	Roughing	2
2nd	08:20	Washington Capitals	T.J. Oshie	Roughing	2
2nd	09:00	Washington Capitals	Derek Roy	Hooking	2
2nd	13:35	Washington Capitals	Andre Burakovsky	Hooking	2
2nd	15:03	Montreal Canadiens	Michael McCarron	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	15:03	Montreal Canadiens	Michael McCarron	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	15:03	Washington Capitals	Chris Brown	Fighting (major)	5
3rd	06:51	Washington Capitals	Derek Roy	Tripping	2
3rd	13:46	Montreal Canadiens	Nathan Beaulieu	Tripping	2
OT	02:20	Montreal Canadiens	Lars Eller	Holding	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Brad Meier, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Lazarowich
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Ivan Nepriayev, Brooks Laich, Igor Ignatushkin, Chris Bourque, Justin Peters, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Matt Niskanen, Mark Dekanich, Nicklas Backstrom, Karl Alzner, Paul Carey, Jay Beagle, Mike Moore, Aaron Ness, Max Sauve, Zach Sill, Marcus Johansson, Michael Latta, Garrett Mitchell, Austin Fyten, Joey Leach, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Carter Camper, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Tom Wilson, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Alex Basso, Dustin Gazley, Nate Schmidt, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Robert Shea, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Connor Hobbs, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Tim McGauley, Cody Murphy, Daniel Gibb, Trevor Cox, Keoni Texeira
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Andrei Sidyakin, Andrei Kruchinin, Tomas Plekanec, Konstantin Korneev, Alexei Emelin, Torrey Mitchell, Carey Price, Nicolas Blanchard, Bud Holloway, Jeff Petry, Max Pacioretty, Greg Pateryn, Maxim Trunev, Mark Barberio, Zack Kassian, Mac Bennett, Gabriel Dumont, Michael Bournival, Devante Smith-Pelly, Mark MacMillan, Morgan Ellis, Brendan Gallagher, Colin Sullivan, Darren Dietz, Stefan Fournier, Tim Bozon, Dalton Thrower, Travis Brown, Jeremy Grégoire, Martin Reway, Jacob de la Rose, Zach Fucale, Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Hanley, Daniel Carr, Nikita Scherbak, Nikolas Koberstein, Daniel Audette, Hayden Hawkey, Jake Evans, Noah Juulsen, Simon Bourque, Alex Dubeau, Lukas Vejdemo, Matthew Bradley, Jeremiah Addison, Angelo Miceli, Jamal Watson, Markus Eisenschmid, Michael McNiven, Ryan Johnston

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