Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 4, 2019 · Capital One Arena
NBCSN · TSN2 · RDS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 34-31.
Goals came from Lars Eller, Shea Weber and Nic Dowd.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 29 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lars Eller (13)Brett Connolly (24), Carl Hagelin (14)0–118:36 WSH
Shea Weber (14)Joel Armia (9), Phillip Danault (41)1–119:32 MTL · PPG
2nd period
Nic Dowd (8)Andre Burakovsky (13)1–202:58 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
34Shots on goal31
51%Faceoff %49%
1/1Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes2
22Hits37
8Blocked shots19
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways17
Penalties
- 1st 18:57
Nicklas Backstrom · high sticking2 min - 2nd 08:29
Shea Weber · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 24Phillip DanaultL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 6Shea WeberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 13Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:54 |
| 15Jesperi KotkaniemiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:56 |
| 21Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:02 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:59 |
| 43Jordan WealC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15:07 |
| 65Andrew ShawC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:46 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 8Jordie BennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 17Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:00 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:15 |
| 32Christian FolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 53Victor MeteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Carey PriceG | L | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 58:29 |
| 37Antti NiemiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:42 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:22 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:17 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:42 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |