Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Thursday, April 15, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 47–38.
Goals came from Michael Cammalleri, Joe Corvo, Nicklas Backstrom, Scott Gomez and Tomas Plekanec.
Jaroslav Halak made 45 saves on 47 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Cammalleri (1)Andrei Markov (1), Andrei Kostitsyn (1)1–012:36 MTL · 
Joe Corvo (1)Eric Belanger (1), Jason Chimera (1)1–115:33 WSH
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Knuble (1), John Carlson (1)1–200:47 WSH
Scott Gomez (1)Brian Gionta (1), Benoit Pouliot (1)2–207:34 MTL
Overtime
Tomas Plekanec (1)Jaroslav Spacek (1)3–213:19 MTL
Team stats
MTLWSH
3847
37%63%
1/40/4
88
2437
2730
615
67
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Marc-Andre Bergeron · hooking2 min - 6:01 into the first period
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 12:11 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · cross checking2 min
- 12:53 into the first periodBenoit Pouliot · charging2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodJoe Corvo · holding2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodTravis Moen · boarding2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodMike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:18 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:31 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:55 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:21 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:04 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:48 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:38 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 42Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 52Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 10:20 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:19 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 27:37 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | W | 47 | 2 | .957 |
Washington Capitals
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22:23 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 19:02 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:26 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18:00 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20:37 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:53 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:31 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |