Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 21, 2010 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 39–38.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Mike Knuble scored twice. Michael Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Jason Chimera, Dominic Moore and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1)1–008:10 WSH · 
Michael Cammalleri (1)Glen Metropolit (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)1–109:12 MTL
2nd period
Brian Gionta (1)Andrei Markov (1), Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)1–215:42 MTL · 
Mike Knuble (1)Boyd Gordon (1), John Carlson (1)2–219:53 WSH ·
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (2)Alexander Semin (1)3–211:09 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Matt Bradley (1)4–212:01 WSH- Mike Knuble (2)Nicklas Backstrom (2)5–217:33 WSH ·
Dominic Moore (1)Roman Hamrlik (2)5–318:42 MTL
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Tom Poti (1)6–319:49 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
3839
60%40%
1/51/4
810
1730
1422
910
212
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Tomas Plekanec · interference2 min - 7:40 into the first periodAndrei Kostitsyn · high sticking2 min
- 16:46 into the first period
Tomas Fleischmann · tripping2 min - 12:29 into the second periodMatt Bradley · high sticking2 min
- 14:39 into the second periodJason Chimera · roughing2 min
- 16:40 into the second periodHal Gill · holding2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:01 into the third periodCarey Price · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodCarey Price · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 6 | 19:14 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 17:36 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 21:19 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:36 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:56 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:47 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:44 |
| 18Eric BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:06 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 77Joe CorvoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:44 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 18:55 |
| 15Glen MetropolitC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:27 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 22:16 |
| 42Dominic MooreC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 22:04 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 29:32 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:35 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 74Sergei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 08:17 |
| 91Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 23:06 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:07 |
| 20Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 41Jaroslav HalakG | 0 | 0 | – |