Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, April 2, 2015 · Centre Bell
SNE · RDS · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 27-19.
Joel Ward scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Jeff Petry, Tom Gilbert, Lars Eller and P.K. Subban also scored.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 15 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Jeff Petry (6)Alex Galchenyuk (24), P.K. Subban (41)0–100:58 MTL
Joel Ward (18)Marcus Johansson (26)1–110:36 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (51)John Carlson (38), Braden Holtby (2)2–114:08 WSH · PPG
Tom Gilbert (4)PA Parenteau (13), Alex Galchenyuk (25)2–214:47 MTL
Lars Eller (13)Dale Weise (19), P.K. Subban (42)2–318:39 MTL
3rd period
- Alex Ovechkin (52)John Carlson (39), Nicklas Backstrom (56)3–311:06 WSH · PPG
- Joel Ward (19)John Carlson (40), Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)4–312:19 WSH · PPG
P.K. Subban (15)Andrei Markov (37), Max Pacioretty (30)4–415:01 MTL · PPG
SO period
Troy BrouwerUnassisted5–400:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
19Shots on goal27
55%Faceoff %45%
3/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
33Hits26
30Blocked shots21
16Giveaways10
3Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 10:48
Brooks Laich · slashing2 min - 1st 18:57Brooks Orpik · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:42
Brandon Prust · hooking2 min - 2nd 13:18Max Pacioretty · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:16John Carlson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:31Torrey Mitchell · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:18Carey Price · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 14:23Curtis Glencross · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22:59 |
| 42Joel WardR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:21 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 23:42 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:45 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:12 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:49 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:19 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 65:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 24:06 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 15PA ParenteauR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:25 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:28 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:43 |
| 8Brandon PrustL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:27 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 21Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | O | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 64:50 |
| 35Dustin TokarskiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |