Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, January 19, 2018 · Capital One Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 26–26

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday, January 19, 2018 at Capital One Arena.

Max Pacioretty scored twice. John Carlson, Paul Byron and Lars Eller also scored.

Antti Niemi made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	2	3	26
WSH	0	1	1	2	26

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Max Pacioretty (13)Jonathan Drouin (16), Brendan Gallagher (8)1–007:08 MTL · PPG
John Carlson (6)Alex Ovechkin (22), Evgeny Kuznetsov (30)1–113:24 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Paul Byron (13)Max Pacioretty (14), Jakub Jerabek (3)2–110:41 MTL
Max Pacioretty (14)Tomas Plekanec (13), Paul Byron (7)3–118:42 MTL · EN
Lars Eller (10)Matt Niskanen (10), Dmitry Orlov (10)3–219:06 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

26Shots on goal26

43%Faceoff %57%

1/4Power play1/3

13Penalty minutes15

19Hits18

18Blocked shots19

4Giveaways14

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 07:15Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
1st 07:15Tomas Plekanec · embellishment2 min
1st 17:11Karl Alzner · slashing2 min
2nd 02:51Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
2nd 06:54Tom Wilson · hooking2 min
2nd 12:08Jonathan Drouin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 17:59Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 02:02Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 02:02Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
3rd 02:02Nicolas Deslauriers · fighting5 min
3rd 05:43Andre Burakovsky · tripping2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

67Max PaciorettyL	2	1	3	+2	4	2	2	0	–	17:58
41Paul ByronL	1	1	2	+2	4	2	0	0	25	16:36
11Brendan GallagherR	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	100	16:17
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	2	40	17:45
92Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	63	16:54
28Jakub JerabekD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	19:33
20Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	–	13:33
25Jacob de la RoseL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	09:38
27Alex GalchenyukC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:06
42Byron FroeseC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40	09:56
49Logan ShawR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:36
54Charles HudonL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	13	13:26
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	50	17:12
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	19:19
21David SchlemkoD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	17:22
22Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	–	19:52
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	25:44
53Victor MeteD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:00

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Antti NiemiG	W	26	24	2	.923	59:57

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-1	1	2	2	2	–	21:06
20Lars EllerC	1	0	1	+1	1	3	1	0	81	15:14
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	2	60	19:20
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	19:26
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	–	20:08
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	-1	8	0	1	0	–	29:11
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	–	13:51
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	08:17
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	12:51
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	35	19:47
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:09
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	9	–	10:30
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	15:14
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	20:47
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	64	13:11
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:48
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	15:12
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	18:11

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	L	25	23	2	.920	57:33
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00