Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Preseason · Thursday, September 20, 2018 · Centre Videotron
TSN2 · RDS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Centre Videotron. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 28–13.
Goals came from Brendan Gallagher, Michael Chaput, Jacob de la Rose, Artturi Lehkonen, Alex Ovechkin, Connor Hobbs and Rinat Valiev.
Charlie Lindgren made 0 saves on 13 shots for the win; Pheonix Copley stopped 0 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Gallagher (1)Phillip Danault (1)0–103:06 MTL
Michael Chaput (1)Joel Ward (1)0–205:51 MTL
Jacob de la Rose (1)Lukas Vejdemo (1), Alexandre Alain (1)0–319:23 MTL
2nd period
Artturi Lehkonen (1)Brendan Gallagher (1), Tomas Tatar (1)0–402:28 MTL · 
Alex Ovechkin (1)Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Christian Djoos (2)1–405:17 WSH · 
Connor Hobbs (1)Brett Connolly (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–413:06 WSH ·
3rd period
Rinat Valiev (1)Phillip Danault (2)2–510:07 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
1328
0%0%
2/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:56 into the first period
Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min - 0:31 into the second periodTom Wilson · interference2 min
- 4:02 into the second period
David Sklenicka · tripping2 min - 11:10 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodBeck Malenstyn · high sticking2 min
- 16:13 into the second periodBrendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
- 19:21 into the second periodTom Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 6:39 into the third periodMaximilian Kammerer · slashing2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodTom Wilson · tripping2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodMichal Moravcik · holding2 min
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 36Connor HobbsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jayson MegnaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 40Garrett PilonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 49Maximilian KammererC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 79Nathan WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 46Tobias GeisserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 78Tyler LewingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 4 | 1 | .750 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Lukas VejdemoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Jacob de la RoseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 43Michael ChaputC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 68Alexandre AlainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 72Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Rinat ValievD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 63Matthew PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21David SchlemkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Simon DespresD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 57David SklenickaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 73Michal MoravcikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Charlie LindgrenG | W | 13 | 2 | .846 |
| 70Michael McNivenG | 0 | 0 | .000 |