Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 31, 2012 · Verizon Center
CBC · RDS (HD) · CSN-MA (HD)
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 41-33.
Goals came from Mathieu Perreault, Jay Beagle, Erik Cole and Tomas Plekanec.
Michal Neuvirth made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 31 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Perreault (1)Alexander Semin (1), Karl Alzner (1)0–104:16 WSH
Jay Beagle (1)Matt Hendricks (1), Mike Knuble (1)0–216:10 WSH
Erik Cole (1)Max Pacioretty (1)1–219:38 MTL
2nd period
Tomas Plekanec (1)Andrei Markov (1), Frédéric St-Denis (1)2–214:31 MTL
SO period
Matt HendricksUnassisted2–400:00 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
41Shots on goal33
42%Faceoff %58%
0/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
21Hits26
20Blocked shots16
9Giveaways17
7Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 01:22
Frédéric St-Denis · tripping2 min - 1st 06:10Peter Budaj · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 1st 13:45Tomas Plekanec · slashing2 min
- 1st 17:04
Alexander Semin · roughing2 min - 2nd 03:48Dennis Wideman · interference2 min
- 3rd 01:34Dennis Wideman · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:45P.K. Subban · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:58Tomas Plekanec · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:09John Carlson · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:55 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:14 |
| 72Erik ColeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:39 |
| 62Frédéric St-DenisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:36 |
| 15Petteri NokelainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:42 |
| 25Brad StaubitzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:32 |
| 27Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 45Mike BlundenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:02 |
| 57Blake GeoffrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:04 |
| 60Aaron PalushajR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 71Louis LeblancC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 17Chris CampoliD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:24 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:39 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 27:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | O | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 65:00 |
| 31Carey PriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:05 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:52 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:16 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:42 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:26 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 41 | 39 | 2 | .951 | 64:52 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |