Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, January 9, 2017 · Centre Bell
NHLN-US · SNE · RDS · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-1 on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 39-23.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Tomas Plekanec, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Brett Connolly and Alex Ovechkin.
Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (10)Alex Ovechkin (13), Karl Alzner (4)1–011:03 WSH
3rd period
Tomas Plekanec (4)Paul Byron (12), Artturi Lehkonen (3)1–107:18 MTL · PPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)Alex Ovechkin (14), Justin Williams (10)2–108:12 WSH
Brett Connolly (5)Evgeny Kuznetsov (22)3–111:00 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (19)Nicklas Backstrom (24), Marcus Johansson (15)4–116:36 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHMTL
39Shots on goal23
47%Faceoff %53%
1/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits27
24Blocked shots18
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 2nd 08:03
Bobby Farnham · interference2 min - 2nd 10:48
Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min - 3rd 00:24Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 05:19Lars Eller · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:56Brett Connolly · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:04Alexander Radulov · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 15:20 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:23 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:48 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 87Liam O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:08 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:06 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 20:58 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:15 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:41 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:09 |
| 38Nikita ScherbakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 |
| 42Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 44Bobby FarnhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:31 |
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:11 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 27:50 |
| 45Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 89Ryan JohnstonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 59:36 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |