Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 2015 · Verizon Center

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1–3

Final

SOG 30–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 33-30.

Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jay Beagle, Daniel Carr and Jason Chimera.

Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Condon stopped 30 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	0	1	30
WSH	1	1	1	3	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (11)Nate Schmidt (4), Marcus Johansson (13)0–106:45 WSH

2nd period

Jay Beagle (5)Tom Wilson (7), Jason Chimera (10)0–201:30 WSH
Daniel Carr (4)Andrei Markov (18), Alex Galchenyuk (16)1–201:54 MTL

3rd period

Jason Chimera (10)Tom Wilson (8), Nate Schmidt (5)1–311:15 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

30Shots on goal33

57%Faceoff %43%

0/2Power play0/2

11Penalty minutes11

16Hits22

13Blocked shots19

5Giveaways10

11Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 03:26Jeff Petry · tripping2 min
1st 12:12Jarred Tinordi · fighting5 min
1st 12:12Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 13:26Daniel Carr · interference2 min
1st 18:23Nate Schmidt · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 17:39Nicklas Backstrom · slashing2 min
3rd 05:55Brooks Laich · interference2 min
3rd 05:55Paul Byron · embellishment2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Alex GalchenyukC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	55	17:19
43Daniel CarrL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	13:56
79Andrei MarkovD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	26:15
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	62	16:23
15Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	–	17:34
17Torrey MitchellC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	64	11:52
21Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	08:37
22Dale WeiseR	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	–	16:38
32Brian FlynnC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	80	12:09
41Paul ByronL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	12:22
51David DesharnaisC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	36	16:50
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	18:55
81Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75	14:33
24Jarred TinordiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	06:19
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	2	–	23:38
28Nathan BeaulieuD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	18:04
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	-3	1	2	0	0	–	15:32
76P.K. SubbanD	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	0	–	29:24

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dustin TokarskiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Mike CondonG	L	33	30	3	.909	57:40

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

25Jason ChimeraL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	0	0	–	15:14
43Tom WilsonR	0	2	2	+2	1	4	2	5	–	13:39
88Nate SchmidtD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	2	–	20:15
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+2	3	1	1	0	43	15:02
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:39
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	42	16:45
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:17
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	15:13
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	58	17:45
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	–	11:28
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60	09:09
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	10:55
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:53
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	–	26:17
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	11:06
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:47
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	22:25
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	25:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00