Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 4, 2017 · Centre Bell
SN · RDS · CSN-DC
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 30-22.
Goals came from Jay Beagle, Alexander Radulov, Andre Burakovsky, Nicklas Backstrom and Max Pacioretty.
Braden Holtby made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jay Beagle (11)Daniel Winnik (9), Tom Wilson (8)1–003:02 WSH
Alexander Radulov (13)Phillip Danault (18), Max Pacioretty (19)1–107:32 MTL
2nd period
Andre Burakovsky (11)Brett Connolly (3), Lars Eller (8)2–109:26 WSH
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (15)Matt Niskanen (25)3–105:16 WSH · PPG
Max Pacioretty (25)Alexander Radulov (28)3–207:49 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
30Shots on goal22
53%Faceoff %47%
1/4Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes8
35Hits25
18Blocked shots15
11Giveaways14
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 11:19
Tomas Plekanec · tripping2 min - 1st 13:02Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 04:52
John Carlson · interference2 min - 2nd 11:19Brooks Orpik · tripping2 min
- 3rd 03:53Alexander Radulov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 08:43Andre Burakovsky · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 14:14Andrew Shaw · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:59 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:48 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:20 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:25 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:02 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:13 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 47Alexander RadulovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 17Torrey MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:11 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:31 |
| 32Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:50 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 42Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:51 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 28Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 74Alexei EmelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:44 |
| 79Andrei MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 58:32 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |