Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Regular Season Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Washington Capitals 4 48-26-8
at Montreal Canadiens 6 44-30-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Washington Capitals 1 3 0 4
Montreal Canadiens 1 2 3 6

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 13 13 5 31
Montreal Canadiens 19 8 17 44

Three stars

  1. J. Kotkaniemi, Montreal Canadiens (2 goals)
  2. B. Gallagher, Montreal Canadiens (2 goals)
  3. L. Eller, Washington Capitals (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:28 Montreal Canadiens Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) Joel Armia (3) Even strength WSH 0, MTL 1
1st 06:16 Washington Capitals Lars Eller (2) Matt Niskanen (4), Chandler Stephenson (2) Even strength WSH 1, MTL 1
2nd 00:32 Montreal Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (8) Tomas Tatar (7) Even strength WSH 1, MTL 2
2nd 03:06 Montreal Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (9) Tomas Tatar (8), Phillip Danault (5) Even strength WSH 1, MTL 3
2nd 06:49 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (9) Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Jakub Vrana (3) Even strength WSH 2, MTL 3
2nd 07:59 Washington Capitals Lars Eller (3) Brett Connolly (7) Even strength WSH 3, MTL 3
2nd 12:53 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (10) Dmitry Orlov (2), Matt Niskanen (5) Even strength WSH 4, MTL 3
3rd 16:56 Montreal Canadiens Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2) Artturi Lehkonen (7), Victor Mete (1) Even strength WSH 4, MTL 4
3rd 19:38 Montreal Canadiens Max Domi (6) Jeff Petry (9) Even strength WSH 4, MTL 5
3rd 19:40 Montreal Canadiens Joel Armia (3) Phillip Danault (6) Even strength, Empty net WSH 4, MTL 6

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 44
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 25 32
Blocked shots 22 18
Giveaways 11 11
Takeaways 13 7
Faceoffs won 36/59 (61%) 23/59 (39%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin L 2 0 2 -2 0 4 6 1 18:35
Number 10 B. Connolly R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 11:46
Number 13 J. Vrana L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 15:21
Number 18 C. Stephenson C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 2 100% 13:44
Number 19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 76.5% 19:32
Number 20 L. Eller C 2 0 2 -1 2 3 0 1 61.5% 15:38
Number 23 D. Jaskin R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 08:22
Number 25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 11:16
Number 26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 45.5% 11:28
Number 65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15:01
Number 77 T. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 1 100% 19:25
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -2 4 1 1 0 53.3% 15:47
Number 2 M. Niskanen D 0 2 2 +2 0 2 4 4 24:59
Number 6 M. Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 6 21:41
Number 9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 3 25:43
Number 22 M. Bowey D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:41
Number 29 C. Djoos D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 11:59
Number 74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 0 24:04
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 70 B. Holtby 43 38 5 .884 59:58 Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 11 B. Gallagher R 2 0 2 0 2 7 3 0 15:22
Number 13 M. Domi C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 17.6% 18:29
Number 15 J. Kotkaniemi C 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 36.4% 15:42
Number 20 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 11:45
Number 24 P. Danault C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 62.5% 16:43
Number 40 J. Armia R 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 0 15:03
Number 54 C. Hudon L 0 0 0 +1 2 4 2 0 17:04
Number 62 A. Lehkonen L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 3 13:38
Number 63 M. Peca C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44.4% 10:33
Number 65 A. Shaw R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 0 50% 12:07
Number 90 T. Tatar L 0 2 2 +1 0 3 3 0 14:59
Number 92 J. Drouin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18:29
Number 8 J. Benn D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 4 19:30
Number 26 J. Petry D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 3 3 22:42
Number 28 M. Reilly D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 19:46
Number 53 V. Mete D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 17:05
Number 58 N. Juulsen D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 3 16:11
Number 61 X. Ouellet D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 2 0 20:52
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 C. Price 31 27 4 .871 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:23 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Roughing 2
1st 08:23 Montreal Canadiens Brendan Gallagher Roughing 2
2nd 16:16 Washington Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov Holding 2
2nd 19:57 Washington Capitals Lars Eller Interference 2
3rd 13:01 Montreal Canadiens Charles Hudon Tripping 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Todd Reirden
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Claude Julien
Referees
Brad Watson, Pierre Lambert
Linesmen
Mark Shewchyk, Brian Murphy
Washington Capitals scratches
Brooks Orpik, Aaron Ness, Nathan Walker
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Karl Alzner, Paul Byron, Nikita Scherbak

2018-2019 season series

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Sources and further reading

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