Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Tuesday, April 9, 2013 · Centre Bell
TSN-HABS · RDS · CSN-DC+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 29-27.
Lars Eller scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Eric Fehr and Jack Hillen also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lars Eller (1)Brandon Prust (1), Alex Galchenyuk (1)0–115:44 MTL
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–107:50 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)Jack Hillen (1), Steve Oleksy (1)2–109:36 WSH
3rd period
Jack Hillen (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–105:33 WSH- Lars Eller (2)Nathan Beaulieu (1), Alex Galchenyuk (2)3–216:38 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
27Shots on goal29
37%Faceoff %63%
0/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
31Hits21
34Blocked shots10
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:54
Max Pacioretty · hooking2 min - 1st 20:00
Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:52 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 17Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:10 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 24Aaron VolpattiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:45 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:20 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:41 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 11:52 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:40 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 40Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 17Rene BourqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:35 |
| 21Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 24Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 32Travis MoenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:57 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:17 |
| 73Michael RyderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 26Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 44Davis DrewiskeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 55Francis BouillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:54 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:17 |