Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 2018 · Centre Bell
NHLN-US · SN · TVAS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-4 on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 30-21.
Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice, Tom Wilson scored twice and Charles Hudon scored twice. Alex Galchenyuk, Jay Beagle, Jakub Jerabek and Brendan Gallagher also scored.
Philipp Grubauer made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 24 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Galchenyuk (17)Jacob de la Rose (8)0–108:35 MTL
Evgeny Kuznetsov (22)John Carlson (47), Nicklas Backstrom (39)1–111:11 WSH · PPG
Tom Wilson (12)Nicklas Backstrom (40)2–114:49 WSH- Tom Wilson (13)Nicklas Backstrom (41), Andre Burakovsky (11)3–118:11 WSH
2nd period
Jay Beagle (7)Dmitry Orlov (21), Alex Chiasson (8)4–104:52 WSH
Charles Hudon (9)Jordie Benn (11), Logan Shaw (8)4–219:58 MTL
3rd period
- Evgeny Kuznetsov (23)Nicklas Backstrom (42), John Carlson (48)5–201:10 WSH · PPG
Jakub Jerabek (2)Andre Burakovsky (12), T.J. Oshie (26)6–204:52 WSH- Charles Hudon (10)Mike Reilly (14), Logan Shaw (9)6–309:28 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (28)Jonathan Drouin (28), Jeff Petry (26)6–418:03 MTL · PPG
Team stats
WSHMTL
30Shots on goal21
57%Faceoff %43%
2/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits34
14Blocked shots13
7Giveaways16
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 10:35
Logan Shaw · high sticking2 min - 2nd 02:25Nikita Scherbak · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:49
Tom Wilson · holding2 min - 3rd 01:00Jonathan Drouin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:19Tom Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:05Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21:04 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:33 |
| 28Jakub JerabekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:38 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:09 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:20 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Logan ShawR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:02 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 27Alex GalchenyukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:56 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:37 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 34Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:16 |
| 38Nikita ScherbakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:11 |
| 43Daniel CarrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 22Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 36Brett LernoutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 58:15 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |