Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 1, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 38-29.
Brian Gionta scored twice. Mathieu Perreault and Mike Knuble also scored.
Carey Price made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 36 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Perreault (1)Unassisted0–102:29 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Mike Green (1), Mathieu Perreault (1)0–207:49 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Brian Gionta (1)Andrei Kostitsyn (1), James Wisniewski (1)1–208:28 MTL- Brian Gionta (2)Tomas Plekanec (1)2–217:22 MTL
SO period
- Brian GiontaUnassisted4–200:00 MTL
Team stats
MTLWSH
38Shots on goal29
47%Faceoff %53%
0/6Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes12
16Hits20
20Blocked shots13
7Giveaways7
9Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 05:54
Roman Hamrlik · hooking2 min - 1st 07:49Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:33
Mike Knuble · tripping2 min - 1st 16:37Karl Alzner · holding2 min
- 1st 20:00Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:09Brooks Laich · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:15P.K. Subban · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:37Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:19Brooks Laich · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Brian GiontaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 23:09 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:47 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 20James WisniewskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:59 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:20 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 52Mathieu DarcheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:53 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:25 |
| 58David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:10 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 6Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:56 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 64:48 |
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20:56 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 26:35 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:11 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:27 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:01 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:01 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | O | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 65:00 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |