Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, January 18, 2012 · Centre Bell

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3–0

Final

SOG 16–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-0 on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 31-16.

Goals came from Mathieu Perreault, Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin.

Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 13 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	0	3	16
MTL	0	0	0	0	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mathieu Perreault (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Cody Eakin (1)1–004:41 WSH
Marcus Johansson (1)Troy Brouwer (1), John Carlson (1)2–008:23 WSH

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1), Dennis Wideman (1)3–010:44 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHMTL

16Shots on goal31

59%Faceoff %41%

1/4Power play0/7

19Penalty minutes15

19Hits19

25Blocked shots15

13Giveaways7

9Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 01:15Rene Bourque · fighting5 min
1st 01:15Matt Hendricks · fighting5 min
1st 08:36Josh Gorges · roughing2 min
1st 13:01John Erskine · interference2 min
1st 15:14Dennis Wideman · broken stick2 min
2nd 02:48Jeff Halpern · holding2 min
2nd 07:53Mathieu Darche · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 02:34John Erskine · elbowing2 min
3rd 02:34John Erskine · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 05:19Max Pacioretty · interference2 min
3rd 09:23Alex Ovechkin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 16:36Alexei Emelin · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	2	–	18:28
20Troy BrouwerR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	–	19:25
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:48
50Cody EakinC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50	05:35
85Mathieu PerreaultC	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	100	06:09
90Marcus JohanssonC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	59	16:19
6Dennis WidemanD	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	2	–	26:16
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	0	–	22:17
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:40
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	60	14:18
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	52	20:21
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	15:08
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:06
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	67	10:48
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:21
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	8	–	08:51
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	21:55
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	22:16

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Scott GomezC	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	22	16:25
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	55	21:04
27Rene BourqueR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	14:05
32Travis MoenL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	17:00
45Mike BlundenR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	07:49
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	13:31
51David DesharnaisC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	48	20:12
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	–	07:39
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	2	–	20:19
72Erik ColeL	0	0	0	-1	5	3	0	0	–	21:09
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	25	11:25
22Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:12
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	–	19:39
61Raphael DiazD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	18:01
68Yannick WeberD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:46
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	–	11:23
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	08:55
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	23:44

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Carey PriceG	L	16	13	3	.813	59:51