Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, March 15, 2011 · Centre Bell
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 41-26.
Marcus Johansson scored twice. Travis Moen, Brooks Laich, Andrei Kostitsyn and Mike Knuble also scored.
Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 37 of 41.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marcus Johansson (1)Dennis Wideman (1), Braden Holtby (1)1–001:06 WSH · PPG
Travis Moen (1)Unassisted1–101:26 MTL
Brooks Laich (1)Karl Alzner (1), John Carlson (1)2–113:23 WSH
2nd period
Andrei Kostitsyn (1)Lars Eller (1), P.K. Subban (1)2–203:28 MTL
3rd period
- Marcus Johansson (2)Alex Ovechkin (1)3–206:43 WSH
Mike Knuble (1)Marco Sturm (1)4–216:53 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHMTL
41Shots on goal26
53%Faceoff %47%
2/5Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes17
17Hits26
10Blocked shots11
15Giveaways15
6Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 00:46
Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min - 1st 01:48Paul Mara · fighting5 min
- 1st 01:48
Matt Bradley · fighting5 min - 1st 10:20Marco Sturm · holding2 min
- 1st 16:42Tyler Sloan · hooking2 min
- 1st 18:07Roman Hamrlik · interference2 min
- 1st 18:17Paul Mara · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:32Travis Moen · holding2 min
- 3rd 03:08James Wisniewski · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 03:08Mike Knuble · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:42Marco Sturm · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:00Lars Eller · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:03 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:32 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 25:53 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 20:04 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:16 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:04 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:40 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 59:56 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 32Travis MoenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:13 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:20 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:56 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 57Benoit PouliotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 58David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:32 |
| 94Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:55 |
| 20James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 22Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:51 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:14 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 75Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 41 | 37 | 4 | .902 | 59:42 |
| 35Alex AuldG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |