Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, November 1, 2018 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 44-31.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice, Lars Eller scored twice, Brendan Gallagher scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Max Domi and Joel Armia also scored.
Carey Price made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 38 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1)Joel Armia (3)0–102:28 MTL
Lars Eller (2)Matt Niskanen (4), Chandler Stephenson (2)1–106:16 WSH
2nd period
Brendan Gallagher (8)Tomas Tatar (7)1–200:32 MTL- Brendan Gallagher (9)Tomas Tatar (8), Phillip Danault (5)1–303:06 MTL
Alex Ovechkin (9)Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Jakub Vrana (3)2–306:49 WSH- Lars Eller (3)Brett Connolly (7)3–307:59 WSH
- Alex Ovechkin (10)Dmitry Orlov (2), Matt Niskanen (5)4–312:53 WSH
3rd period
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2)Artturi Lehkonen (7), Victor Mete (1)4–416:56 MTL
Max Domi (6)Jeff Petry (9)4–519:38 MTL
Joel Armia (3)Phillip Danault (6)4–619:40 MTL · EN
Team stats
WSHMTL
31Shots on goal44
61%Faceoff %39%
0/1Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits32
22Blocked shots18
11Giveaways11
13Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 08:23
Evgeny Kuznetsov · roughing2 min - 1st 08:23
Brendan Gallagher · roughing2 min - 2nd 16:16Evgeny Kuznetsov · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:57Lars Eller · interference2 min
- 3rd 13:01Charles Hudon · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 18:35 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 24:59 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 25:43 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:28 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:41 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:41 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 24:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 43 | 38 | 5 | .884 | 59:58 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15:22 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:42 |
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:03 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 13Max DomiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 20Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:45 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:04 |
| 63Matthew PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 28Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 58Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | W | 31 | 27 | 4 | .871 | 60:00 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |