Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 7, 2017 · Capital One Arena
TVAS · CITY · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-1 on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Capital One Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 39-23.
Alex Ovechkin scored 4 goals. T.J. Oshie, Brendan Gallagher and Nathan Walker also scored.
Braden Holtby made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 10 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (4)Jakub Vrana (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)0–100:20 WSH
T.J. Oshie (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Andre Burakovsky (1)0–200:46 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (5)Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), Nicklas Backstrom (2)0–302:51 WSH · PPG
- Alex Ovechkin (6)Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), Aaron Ness (1)0–418:10 WSH
2nd period
Brendan Gallagher (1)Paul Byron (1)1–404:50 MTL · SHG- Alex Ovechkin (7)Evgeny Kuznetsov (7), John Carlson (1)1–516:46 WSH
Nathan Walker (1)Devante Smith-Pelly (1), Jay Beagle (1)1–618:05 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
39Shots on goal23
39%Faceoff %61%
0/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
24Hits21
8Blocked shots15
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Ales Hemsky · slashing2 min - 1st 05:58Brendan Gallagher · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:26
John Carlson · holding2 min - 2nd 03:07Jacob de la Rose · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:29Matt Niskanen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:53Matt Niskanen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 15:05Ales Hemsky · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:32Brett Connolly · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:17 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 14Tomas PlekanecC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:17 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 14:38 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:55 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:55 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:54 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 32Mark StreitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 20:00 |
| 35Al MontoyaG | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 39:52 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 4 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 8 | 17:44 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:11 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:17 |
| 79Nathan WalkerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 55Aaron NessD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:08 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:55 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 39 | 38 | 1 | .974 | 59:50 |