Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 2016 · Verizon Center

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2–1

Final

SOG 25–21

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 25-21.

Goals came from Artturi Lehkonen, Nicklas Backstrom and Jeff Petry.

Carey Price made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	1	0	2	25
WSH	0	1	0	1	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Artturi Lehkonen (6)Unassisted1–014:41 MTL

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (9)Justin Williams (4), Alex Ovechkin (9)1–114:16 WSH · PPG
Jeff Petry (6)Max Pacioretty (13), Phillip Danault (7)2–116:39 MTL

Team stats

MTLWSH

25Shots on goal21

51%Faceoff %49%

0/2Power play1/4

20Penalty minutes6

18Hits43

21Blocked shots4

14Giveaways18

9Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 07:00Michael McCarron · slashing2 min
2nd 00:23Torrey Mitchell · holding the stick2 min
2nd 08:05Justin Williams · roughing2 min
2nd 13:35Nathan Beaulieu · hooking2 min
2nd 14:07Alexei Emelin · interference2 min
2nd 14:16Nathan Beaulieu · abuse of officials10 min
2nd 15:48Evgeny Kuznetsov · cross checking2 min
2nd 15:48Paul Byron · slashing2 min
2nd 18:16Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

24Phillip DanaultL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	38	17:35
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	13:18
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	100	18:22
26Jeff PetryD	1	0	1	+2	6	3	2	0	–	23:24
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:26
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	67	15:25
15Chris TerryL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:01
17Torrey MitchellC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	57	15:03
32Brian FlynnC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	57	14:02
34Michael McCarronR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	10:45
41Paul ByronL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	18:06
43Daniel CarrL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	08:55
47Alexander RadulovR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	17:49
6Shea WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	–	26:39
28Nathan BeaulieuD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	12	–	14:55
45Mark BarberioD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	10:50
74Alexei EmelinD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2	–	25:34
79Andrei MarkovD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	19:10

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00
35Al MontoyaG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	3	6	0	0	–	19:59
14Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	50	16:55
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	58	17:46
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:30
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	43	16:56
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	12:16
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	–	10:43
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	33	17:14
82Zachary SanfordL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	09:26
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	67	11:50
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	15:50
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	31	18:08
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	19:58
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	2	–	20:21
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	–	18:04
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:22
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	3	7	1	0	–	24:01
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	16:45

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	25	23	2	.920	57:56