Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 2015 · Centre Bell
CITYM · RDS · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 35-19.
T.J. Oshie scored twice. Tom Wilson, Lars Eller and Brian Flynn also scored.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Condon stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (2)Brooks Laich (3)1–002:26 WSH
2nd period
Lars Eller (7)Alex Galchenyuk (12), Tomas Plekanec (18)1–112:08 MTL
T.J. Oshie (7)Nicklas Backstrom (13), Matt Niskanen (11)2–119:16 WSH
3rd period
Brian Flynn (3)Paul Byron (2), Jeff Petry (7)2–202:30 MTL · SHG- T.J. Oshie (8)Karl Alzner (6), Alex Ovechkin (11)3–208:17 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
19Shots on goal35
43%Faceoff %57%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits21
26Blocked shots13
18Giveaways12
3Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:37
Matt Niskanen · holding2 min - 2nd 10:06Taylor Chorney · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 12:25
Alexei Emelin · hooking2 min - 3rd 02:00Max Pacioretty · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:07John Carlson · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:07Dale Weise · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 77T.J. OshieR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:08 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:59 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:32 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:53 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:42 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:13 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 81Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:29 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 15Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 20Christian ThomasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 21Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 05:56 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 42Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:06 |
| 51David DesharnaisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 | 19:25 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 26:44 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Zach FucaleG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Mike CondonG | L | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 59:16 |