Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, February 24, 2012 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 31-24.
Goals came from Mathieu Perreault, Jason Chimera, Alex Ovechkin, Rene Bourque and Joel Ward.
Michal Neuvirth made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Perreault (1)Jason Chimera (1)0–106:58 WSH
2nd period
Jason Chimera (1)Alexander Semin (1)0–208:42 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Marcus Johansson (1)0–308:58 WSH
3rd period
Rene Bourque (1)Alexei Emelin (1), Tomas Plekanec (1)1–303:42 MTL · SHG
Joel Ward (1)Brooks Laich (1), John Carlson (1)1–419:24 WSH · EN
Team stats
MTLWSH
31Shots on goal24
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play0/6
12Penalty minutes8
24Hits29
23Blocked shots10
7Giveaways14
1Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 01:53
Rene Bourque · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:10Alexei Emelin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:14
Dennis Wideman · tripping2 min - 2nd 13:37Erik Cole · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:12Mike Green · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:00P.K. Subban · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 02:25P.K. Subban · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:08Jeff Schultz · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 11:56Jay Beagle · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:44Erik Cole · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 11Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 12:24 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 46Andrei KostitsynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 53Ryan WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:23 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 22Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:36 |
| 61Raphael DiazD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 68Yannick WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:06 |
Washington Capitals
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:31 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:46 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:07 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:53 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 31 | 30 | 1 | .968 | 60:00 |