Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 7:30 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2016-2017 record
Washington Capitals	2	55-19-8
at Montreal Canadiens	5	47-26-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	0	1	1	2
Montreal Canadiens	2	2	1	5

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	4	5	8	17
Montreal Canadiens	10	9	10	29

Three stars

N. Beaulieu, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 3 assists)
A. Radulov, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
G. Pateryn, Montreal Canadiens (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	04:12	Montreal Canadiens	Alexander Radulov (1)	Greg Pateryn (1), Nathan Beaulieu (1)	Power play	WSH 0, MTL 1
1st	17:41	Montreal Canadiens	Nathan Beaulieu (1)	Alexander Radulov (1), Greg Pateryn (2)	Power play	WSH 0, MTL 2
2nd	09:13	Washington Capitals	Marcus Johansson (1)	Andre Burakovsky (1), Christian Djoos (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 2
2nd	09:24	Montreal Canadiens	Paul Byron (1)	Nathan Beaulieu (2), Greg Pateryn (3)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 3
2nd	16:13	Montreal Canadiens	Torrey Mitchell (1)	Phillip Danault (1), Nathan Beaulieu (3)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 4
3rd	14:43	Montreal Canadiens	Torrey Mitchell (2)	Charles Hudon (1), Paul Byron (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, MTL 5
3rd	15:57	Washington Capitals	Zachary Sanford (1)	Connor Hobbs (1), Travis Boyd (1)	Power play	WSH 2, MTL 5

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	17	29
Power play	1 of 6	2 of 6
Penalty minutes	21	42
Hits	36	42
Blocked shots	12	14
Giveaways	9	11
Takeaways	3	8
Faceoffs won	29/62 (46.8%)	33/62 (53.2%)

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 10 B. Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	6	2	0	100%	17:33
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		14:39
Number 23 Z. Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	50%	09:39
Number 39 C. Thomas	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		13:33
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:18
Number 72 T. Boyd	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1	0	50%	18:49
Number 76 G. Mitchell	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		10:02
Number 79 N. Walker	L	0	0	0	-1	7	0	2	0	0		10:39
Number 82 Z. Sanford	L	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	2	1	36.4%	17:53
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	52.9%	18:14
Number 87 L. O'Brien	C	0	0	0	-1	4	2	5	0	0		07:08
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3%	22:06
Number 4 T. Chorney	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0	0		17:22
Number 22 M. Bowey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	0		18:02
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0		18:08
Number 29 C. Djoos	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		14:46
Number 36 C. Hobbs	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	0		23:34
Number 46 D. Dietz	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	6	5	0		16:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 41 V. Vanecek	29	24	5	.828	59:09	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 17 T. Mitchell	C	2	0	2	+3	2	3	1	1	0	25%	13:04
Number 21 S. Matteau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		11:31
Number 24 P. Danault	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	1	0	44.4%	13:08
Number 32 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	52.9%	19:22
Number 34 M. McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	61.5%	15:27
Number 41 P. Byron	L	1	1	2	+3	0	2	1	0	0		12:41
Number 47 A. Radulov	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	1		17:09
Number 49 M. Friberg	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	0	100%	12:50
Number 54 C. Hudon	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	0	50%	15:04
Number 63 J. Grégoire	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	100%	10:28
Number 65 A. Shaw	R	0	0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	100%	12:27
Number 68 M. MacMillan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	83.3%	10:49
Number 8 G. Pateryn	D	0	3	3	+2	0	1	2	4	0		26:01
Number 28 N. Beaulieu	D	1	3	4	+1	0	6	4	0	1		25:26
Number 36 B. Lernout	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0		13:44
Number 52 P. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	5	3	0		18:58
Number 82 T. Parisi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		16:09
Number 89 R. Johnston	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0		19:42

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 Z. Fucale	9	8	1	.889	30:36
Number 35 A. Montoya	8	7	1	.875	29:20	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:00	Washington Capitals	Liam O'Brien	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	07:08	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	13:01	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
1st	16:20	Washington Capitals	Travis Boyd	Hooking	2
1st	18:39	Washington Capitals	Darren Dietz	Holding	2
2nd	01:00	Montreal Canadiens	Charles Hudon	Tripping	2
2nd	03:43	Washington Capitals	Brett Connolly	Holding	2
2nd	11:20	Montreal Canadiens	Jeremy Grégoire	Slashing	2
2nd	11:20	Washington Capitals	Darren Dietz	Roughing	2
2nd	14:13	Washington Capitals	Nathan Walker	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	17:50	Montreal Canadiens	Andrew Shaw	Boarding (major)	5
2nd	17:50	Montreal Canadiens	Andrew Shaw	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	17:50	Montreal Canadiens	Andrew Shaw	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
2nd	17:50	Montreal Canadiens	Andrew Shaw	Game misconduct (game misconduct)	10
2nd	17:50	Washington Capitals	Nathan Walker	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	19:24	Washington Capitals	Zachary Sanford	Tripping	2
3rd	03:32	Washington Capitals	Liam O'Brien	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	14:53	Montreal Canadiens	Torrey Mitchell	Roughing	2
3rd	16:05	Montreal Canadiens	Zach Fucale	Delaying game	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Michel Therrien
Referees: Dave Jackson, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Mark Shewchyk
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Justin Williams, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Chris Bourque, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Daniel Winnik, T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen, Nicklas Backstrom, Paul Carey, Brad Malone, Lars Eller, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Braden Holtby, Dmitry Orlov, Joe Cannata, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stanislav Galiev, Philipp Grubauer, Garrett Haar, Tom Wilson, Chandler Stephenson, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Nate Schmidt, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Jonas Siegenthaler, Ilya Samsonov, Colby Williams, Tim McGauley, Dan Desalvo, Adam Carlson, Lucas Johansen, Beck Malenstyn, Dylan Margonari, John Parker, Jay Williams, Joshua Pitt, Nolan Laporte, Garrett Pilon, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Chase Priskie, Dmitriy Zaitsev, Steve McParland
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Andrei Sidyakin, Andrei Kruchinin, Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec, Konstantin Korneev, Shea Weber, Alexei Emelin, Carey Price, David Desharnais, Jeff Petry, Yury Alexandrov, Chris Terry, Max Pacioretty, Maxim Trunev, Mark Barberio, Zach Redmond, Brendan Gallagher, Colin Sullivan, Josiah Didier, Bobby Farnham, Alex Galchenyuk, Tim Bozon, Dalton Thrower, Mike Condon, Connor Crisp, Sven Andrighetto, Martin Reway, Jacob de la Rose, Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Hanley, Daniel Carr, Nikita Scherbak, Nikolas Koberstein, Daniel Audette, Hayden Hawkey, Jake Evans, Noah Juulsen, Simon Bourque, Lukas Vejdemo, Matthew Bradley, Jeremiah Addison, Michael McNiven, Charlie Lindgren, William Bitten, Victor Mete, Mikhail Sergachev, Michael Pezzetta, Arvid Henrikson, Casey Staum, Giovanni Fiore, Guillaume Asselin

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