Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, March 26, 2011 · Centre Bell

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2–0

Final

SOG 33–18

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-0 on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 33-18.

Goals came from Marco Sturm and Alexander Semin.

Braden Holtby made 18 saves on 18 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 31 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	2	33
MTL	0	0	0	0	18

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Marco Sturm (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1)1–001:24 WSH

3rd period

Alexander Semin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2), Marco Sturm (1)2–016:19 WSH

Team stats

WSHMTL

33Shots on goal18

54%Faceoff %46%

0/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

12Hits23

15Blocked shots15

2Giveaways13

2Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 05:02P.K. Subban · holding2 min
1st 07:36Andrei Kostitsyn · holding2 min
1st 15:23Lars Eller · high sticking2 min
2nd 04:05Benoit Pouliot · tripping2 min
2nd 17:21Matt Hendricks · holding2 min
3rd 06:40Alexander Semin · holding2 min
3rd 16:49Marcus Johansson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

18Marco SturmL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	16:41
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+2	7	0	1	0	50	21:25
28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	2	–	18:52
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:07
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	62	14:37
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:57
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	65	18:36
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	16:15
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:08
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	10:51
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	10:24
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	46	14:57
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	14:26
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	25:31
23Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:18
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	3	0	–	18:50
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	15:01
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	4	0	–	23:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	18	18	0	1.000	59:42

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Scott GomezC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	38	18:44
13Michael CammalleriL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	40	22:34
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	59	21:51
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	14:02
21Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	-1	2	5	1	0	–	20:57
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	-2	2	4	0	0	–	15:22
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	18:10
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	05:09
53Ryan WhiteC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	06:08
57Benoit PouliotL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	07:20
58David DesharnaisC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	39	16:08
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	09:10
20James WisniewskiD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	24:40
22Paul MaraD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	14:28
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	21:12
55Brent SopelD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	17:57
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	16:03
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	20:38

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	L	33	31	2	.939	58:07
35Alex AuldG		0	0	0	–	00:00