Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 7:00 PM ET Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 on the road.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Washington Capitals	4	49-26-7
at Montreal Canadiens	2	29-40-13

Goals by period

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

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	6	9	7	22
Montreal Canadiens	16	16	11	43

Three stars

E. Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals (1 goal, 2 assists)
C. Hudon, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)
J. Drouin, Montreal Canadiens (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:07	Washington Capitals	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1)	Madison Bowey (1), Philipp Grubauer (1)	Power play	WSH 1, MTL 0
1st	09:52	Washington Capitals	Jakub Vrana (1)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	Power play	WSH 2, MTL 0
2nd	01:16	Montreal Canadiens	Charles Hudon (1)	Victor Mete (1), Jakub Jerabek (1)	Power play	WSH 2, MTL 1
2nd	11:37	Montreal Canadiens	Max Pacioretty (1)	Ales Hemsky (1), Jonathan Drouin (1)	Power play	WSH 2, MTL 2
3rd	14:06	Washington Capitals	Devante Smith-Pelly (1)	Connor Hobbs (1), Brett Connolly (1)	Even strength	WSH 3, MTL 2
3rd	18:52	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson (1)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)	Even strength, Empty net	WSH 4, MTL 2

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	22	43
Power play	2 of 4	2 of 9
Penalty minutes	18	8
Hits	38	30
Blocked shots	18	12
Giveaways	16	14
Takeaways	2	7
Faceoffs won	32/58 (55.2%)	26/58 (44.8%)

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	1	1	0	4	4	1	0	0		15:45
Number 10 B. Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0		13:09
Number 13 J. Vrana	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	100%	14:23
Number 14 A. Peluso	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		07:27
Number 16 J. Albert	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	62.5%	11:03
Number 18 C. Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	66.7%	15:09
Number 23 Z. Sill	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	2	0	75%	15:39
Number 25 D. Smith-Pelly	R	1	0	1	+1	2	1	3	1	0	40%	13:56
Number 40 G. Pilon	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	0	57.1%	12:04
Number 42 W. Simpson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		12:55
Number 43 T. Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	6	1	0	50%	17:39
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	1	2	3	+1	0	1	2	0	1	50%	18:01
Number 3 J. Jokipakka	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:57
Number 22 M. Bowey	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	5	0		22:06
Number 34 J. Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	0		17:03
Number 36 C. Hobbs	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	0		17:07
Number 38 C. Williams	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		20:26
Number 44 B. Orpik	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	5	2	0		19:57

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 P. Copley	22	21	1	.955	30:38	Win
Number 31 P. Grubauer	21	20	1	.952	29:22

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 P. Holland	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	0	42.9%	12:00
Number 14 T. Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	72.7%	18:21
Number 37 A. Martinsen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	25%	12:41
Number 38 N. Scherbak	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0		12:01
Number 42 B. Froese	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	30%	12:33
Number 43 D. Carr	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		09:28
Number 54 C. Hudon	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	1	1	66.7%	15:55
Number 57 M. Eisenschmid	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		10:43
Number 62 A. Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	100%	15:09
Number 67 M. Pacioretty	L	1	0	1	-1	0	5	2	0	1	16.7%	19:13
Number 83 A. Hemsky	R	0	1	1	-1	2	4	1	1	0		18:52
Number 92 J. Drouin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	0	0	46.7%	18:44
Number 6 S. Weber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	2	0		24:50
Number 8 J. Benn	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		18:34
Number 28 J. Jerabek	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		17:31
Number 32 M. Streit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	1	0		25:08
Number 53 V. Mete	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0		17:36
Number 88 B. Davidson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0		16:21

Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Price	10	8	2	.800	29:22
Number 39 C. Lindgren	11	10	1	.909	29:31	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:21	Montreal Canadiens	Artturi Lehkonen	Holding	2
1st	09:09	Montreal Canadiens	Nikita Scherbak	Instigator	2
1st	10:15	Montreal Canadiens	Ales Hemsky	Hooking	2
1st	14:39	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Slashing	2
1st	18:28	Washington Capitals	Garrett Pilon	Hooking	2
1st	19:23	Washington Capitals	John Albert	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	03:19	Washington Capitals	Brooks Orpik	Slashing	2
2nd	05:32	Montreal Canadiens	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:16	Washington Capitals	Tom Wilson	High sticking	2
2nd	15:39	Washington Capitals	Connor Hobbs	Hooking	2
2nd	18:28	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Slashing	2
2nd	19:56	Washington Capitals	Devante Smith-Pelly	Delaying game face off violation	2
3rd	16:21	Washington Capitals	Jonas Siegenthaler	Slashing	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Montreal Canadiens head coach: Claude Julien
Referees: Marc Joannette, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Michel Cormier
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Chris Bourque, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen, Taylor Chorney, Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, Jay Beagle, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Braden Holtby, Alex Chiasson, Dmitry Orlov, Adam Morrison, Garrett Mitchell, Hubert Labrie, Garrett Haar, Travis Boyd, Tyler Graovac, Robert Baillargeon, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Dustin Gazley, Tommy Hughes, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Andre Burakovsky, Nathan Walker, Parker Milner, MacKenzie Shields, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Ilya Samsonov, Tim McGauley, Mark Simpson, Adam Carlson, Lucas Johansen, Beck Malenstyn, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Damien Riat, Chase Priskie, Dmitriy Zaitsev, Tanner Jeannot, Mason Mitchell, Kris Bindulis, Hampus Gustafsson, Stephen Collins, Jimmy Devito, Sebastian Walfridsson, Benton Maass, Tobias Geisser, Kristian Roykas Marthinsen, Brendan Semchuk, Mathias Bau
Montreal Canadiens scratches: Al Montoya, Torrey Mitchell, Jeff Petry, David Schlemko, Karl Alzner, Paul Byron, Chris Terry, Zach Redmond, Matt Taormina, Eric Gelinas, Brendan Gallagher, David Broll, Yannick Veilleux, Andrew Shaw, Joe Morrow, Phillip Danault, Alex Galchenyuk, Jeremy Grégoire, Martin Reway, Michael McCarron, Jacob de la Rose, Zach Fucale, Brett Lernout, Nikolas Koberstein, Daniel Audette, Hayden Hawkey, Jake Evans, Alexandre Goulet, Stefan Leblanc, Noah Juulsen, Simon Bourque, Lukas Vejdemo, Jeremiah Addison, Michael McNiven, Niki Petti, Tom Parisi, William Bitten, Michael Pezzetta, Arvid Henrikson, Casey Staum, Maxime Fortier, James McEwan, Antoine Samuel, Antoine Waked, Cale Fleury, Josh Brook, Jarret Tyszka, Joni Ikonen, Cayden Primeau, Ryan Poehling, Scott Walford, Jordan Boucher-Gould, Brodan Salmond, Thomas Ebbing

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