Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Monday, April 19, 2010 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–1 on Monday, April 19, 2010 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 36–27.
Goals came from Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr, Alex Ovechkin, Tomas Plekanec and Matt Bradley.
Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jaroslav Halak stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
2nd period
Boyd Gordon (1)Tom Poti (1)1–001:06 WSH · 
Brooks Laich (1)Mike Green (1), Eric Fehr (1)2–004:42 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)Brooks Laich (1), Brendan Morrison (1)3–008:33 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Knuble (1)4–013:50 WSH
3rd period
Tomas Plekanec (1)Michael Cammalleri (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)4–102:25 MTL · 
Matt Bradley (1)Unassisted5–119:15 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
3627
58%42%
0/71/5
1024
2219
1620
14
25
Penalties
- 7:52 into the first period
Andrei Kostitsyn · high sticking2 min - 13:51 into the first period
Jeff Schultz · cross checking2 min - 16:40 into the first periodTomas Plekanec · tripping2 min
- 0:54 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodBrian Gionta · cross checking2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodScott Gomez · misconduct10 min
- 17:55 into the second periodTomas Plekanec · interference2 min
- 17:55 into the second periodTomas Plekanec · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:21 into the third periodBrooks Laich · hooking2 min
- 4:51 into the third periodMike Knuble · high sticking2 min
- 10:10 into the third periodMike Knuble · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodAndrei Kostitsyn · hooking2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodMaxim Lapierre · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 09:21 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:01 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 12:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 26:51 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 10:10 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:57 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:46 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:37 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:53 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:53 |
| 42Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 52Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:22 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:18 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | 23 | 2 | .913 | |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | L | 13 | 3 | .769 |