Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 24, 2021 · Capital One Arena
SN · SN1 · RDS · NBCSWA+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6-3 on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 34-28.
Goals came from Nic Dowd, John Carlson, Michael Sgarbossa, Jake Evans, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Cole Caufield, Tom Wilson, Dmitry Orlov and Artturi Lehkonen.
Ilya Samsonov made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 28 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nic Dowd (2)Dmitry Orlov (7), Nick Jensen (5)0–103:34 WSH
John Carlson (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (17), Alex Ovechkin (16)0–209:43 WSH · PPG
Michael Sgarbossa (1)Unassisted0–314:31 WSH
Jake Evans (4)Artturi Lehkonen (7)1–318:46 MTL
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)John Carlson (14), Alex Ovechkin (17)1–409:05 WSH
Cole Caufield (1)Jonathan Drouin (8), Nick Suzuki (11)2–418:54 MTL
3rd period
Tom Wilson (7)Alex Ovechkin (18), Connor McMichael (5)2–501:49 WSH
Dmitry Orlov (3)Nic Dowd (2)2–605:57 WSH
Artturi Lehkonen (2)Brendan Gallagher (6), Jake Evans (2)3–617:34 MTL
Team stats
MTLWSH
28Shots on goal34
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes6
22Hits20
13Blocked shots7
10Giveaways9
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 01:18
Dmitry Orlov · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 08:35
Jeff Petry · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:24Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:25John Carlson · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:27 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 15:14 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:57 |
| 92Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 28Christian DvorakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 15Sami NikuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:25 |
| 20Chris WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 27Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 34 | 28 | 6 | .824 | 60:00 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 21:00 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 23:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 21:46 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:43 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:32 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 14:17 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:10 |
| 49Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:33 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:56 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:52 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |