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Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Capital One Arena, Washington Playoffs Final/OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime on Monday, April 21, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Montreal Canadiens 2 40-31-11
at Washington Capitals 3 51-22-9

Goals by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 0 0 2 0 2
Washington Capitals 1 1 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Montreal Canadiens 13 8 14 0 35
Washington Capitals 14 9 7 2 32

Three stars

  1. A. Ovechkin, Washington Capitals (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. L. Thompson, Washington Capitals (goaltender)
  3. N. Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 18:34 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (1) Tom Wilson (1), Dylan Strome (1) Power play MTL 0, WSH 1
2nd 12:09 Washington Capitals Anthony Beauvillier (1) Alex Ovechkin (1), Dylan Strome (2) Even strength MTL 0, WSH 2
3rd 10:32 Montreal Canadiens Cole Caufield (1) Patrik Laine (1), Lane Hutson (1) Power play MTL 1, WSH 2
3rd 15:45 Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (1) Alexandre Carrier (1), Lane Hutson (2) Even strength MTL 2, WSH 2
OT 02:26 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Anthony Beauvillier (1), Dylan Strome (3) Even strength MTL 2, WSH 3

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

Team stats

Stat Montreal Canadiens Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 35 32
Power play 1 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 8 8
Hits 33 42
Blocked shots 12 19
Giveaways 17 13
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
11 B. Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 13:42
13 C. Caufield R 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 1 100% 20:41
14 N. Suzuki C 1 0 1 +1 0 7 0 0 0 52.6% 21:27
15 A. Newhook C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 1 0 25% 14:33
17 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 14:02
20 J. Slafkovský L 0 0 0 +1 2 4 1 0 0 19:31
28 C. Dvorak C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 57.1% 15:26
40 J. Armia R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:24
51 E. Heineman L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 100% 10:56
71 J. Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 61.5% 13:59
92 P. Laine L 0 1 1 -2 2 5 3 0 0 13:14
93 I. Demidov R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 0 11:57
8 M. Matheson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 24:39
21 K. Guhle D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0 0 24:00
45 A. Carrier D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 5 0 22:27
47 J. Struble D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 14:09
48 L. Hutson D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 1 0 25:35
58 D. Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:57
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
35 S. Montembeault 32 29 3 .906 62:21 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 2 1 3 +2 0 4 7 0 1 16:45
9 R. Leonard R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:27
16 T. Raddysh R 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 11:46
17 D. Strome C 0 3 3 +2 0 1 0 0 0 60% 17:49
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 50% 11:10
22 B. Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 15:48
24 C. McMichael L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0 0 16:29
26 N. Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 3 0 40% 16:58
43 T. Wilson R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 1 0 50% 22:05
72 A. Beauvillier R 1 1 2 +2 0 5 4 0 0 14:42
80 P. Dubois C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 46.7% 16:32
88 A. Mangiapane L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 11:50
3 M. Roy D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 4 0 26:12
6 J. Chychrun D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 21:24
27 A. Alexeyev D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 3 0 14:02
38 R. Sandin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:19
57 T. van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 16:40
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 22:43
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
48 L. Thompson 35 33 2 .943 62:26 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:26 Washington Capitals Taylor Raddysh Slashing 2
1st 16:58 Montreal Canadiens Kaiden Guhle Roughing 2
1st 16:58 Washington Capitals Andrew Mangiapane Roughing 2
1st 16:58 Montreal Canadiens Alex Newhook Roughing 2
1st 19:13 Washington Capitals Taylor Raddysh Roughing 2
1st 19:13 Montreal Canadiens Juraj Slafkovský Roughing 2
2nd 16:18 Montreal Canadiens Patrik Laine High sticking 2
3rd 10:03 Washington Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois Tripping 2

Game information

Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Washington Capitals head coach
Spencer Carbery
Referees
Francois St-Laurent, Kendrick Nicholson
Linesmen
Jesse Marquis, David Brisebois
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Michael Pezzetta, Oliver Kapanen, Arber Xhekaj
Washington Capitals scratches
Dylan McIlrath, Ethan Bear, Martin Fehérváry, Aliaksei Protas, Clay Stevenson, Ethen Frank

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Washington Capitals 6 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Montreal Canadiens 2 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Washington Capitals 2 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Washington Capitals 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Montreal Canadiens 6 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens Postponed Playoffs Game page
Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals Postponed Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 21

Matchup Status Details
St. Louis Blues 1 at Winnipeg Jets 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Dallas Stars 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Los Angeles Kings 6 Final Playoffs Game page

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