Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, February 4, 2012 · Centre Bell

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3–0

23–30

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–0 on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 30–23.

Goals came from Dennis Wideman, Matt Hendricks and Alexander Semin.

Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
WSH	1	0	2	3	23
MTL	0	0	0	0	30

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dennis Wideman (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–008:10 WSH

3rd period

Matt Hendricks (1)Brooks Laich (2), Alexander Semin (1)2–006:11 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Unassisted3–011:57 WSH

Team stats

WSHMTL

2330

45%55%

0/30/1

26

2126

2716

1110

18

Penalties

16:02 into the first periodAlexei Emelin · tripping2 min
9:14 into the second periodPeter Budaj · ps throwing object at puck0 min
9:41 into the second periodRene Bourque · tripping2 min
16:06 into the second periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
11:57 into the third periodTomas Kaberle · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
19:29 into the third periodErik Cole · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichC	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0	57	19:34
28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	18:32
26Matt HendricksC	1	0	1	+2	2	3	3	0	50	16:53
6Dennis WidemanD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	20:53
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	19:57
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	11:29
20Troy BrouwerR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	–	19:27
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	13:13
23Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	07:57
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:12
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	08:50
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	43	12:16
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	17:53
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	22:01
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	0	–	18:40
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:53
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	22:30
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	–	17:52

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
29Tomas VokounG	W	30	30	0	1.000	59:58
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	13:41
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	−1	2	4	1	0	50	19:37
27Rene BourqueR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	2	100	19:14
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	−1	5	3	0	0	–	16:07
51David DesharnaisC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	53	17:57
52Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	18:04
60Aaron PalushajR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	08:20
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	−1	4	1	1	0	–	19:28
71Louis LeblancC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	63	09:08
72Erik ColeL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	2	–	19:12
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	100	15:48
17Chris CampoliD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	16:18
22Tomas KaberleD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	2	0	–	18:37
26Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	20:16
61Raphael DiazD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:18
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	−2	1	4	1	2	–	18:28
75Hal GillD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:33
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	19:32

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
30Peter BudajG	L	23	20	3	.870	59:51
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00