Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, February 10, 2022 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 44-23.
Joe Snively scored twice. Connor McMichael, Carl Hagelin, Rem Pitlick, Cole Caufield and Tom Wilson also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 10 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Snively (1)Justin Schultz (10)1–005:04 WSH
Connor McMichael (7)Lars Eller (14), Trevor van Riemsdyk (12)2–005:24 WSH
2nd period
Carl Hagelin (3)Martin Fehérváry (6), John Carlson (27)3–003:40 WSH
Rem Pitlick (9)Josh Anderson (8), Kale Clague (6)3–104:09 MTL- Joe Snively (2)Evgeny Kuznetsov (32), Justin Schultz (11)4–105:18 WSH
Cole Caufield (2)Nick Suzuki (19), Tyler Toffoli (17)4–215:58 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Tom Wilson (15)Joe Snively (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (33)5–218:45 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHMTL
23Shots on goal44
51%Faceoff %49%
0/3Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits32
15Blocked shots11
13Giveaways18
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:24
Ben Chiarot · interference2 min - 1st 09:56
Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min - 2nd 08:03Nicklas Backstrom · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 12:08Jake Evans · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:56Lars Eller · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:40Martin Fehérváry · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:50Brett Leason · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:30Chris Wideman · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 91Joe SnivelyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 12:46 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 16:27 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:51 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:56 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:20 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 49Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 44 | 42 | 2 | .955 | 60:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 23:24 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 18:22 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 32Rem PitlickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:07 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 43Kale ClagueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 13:01 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:27 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 41Paul ByronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 11:53 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:49 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 21:52 |
| 20Chris WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 26Jeff PetryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 27Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | L | 14 | 10 | 4 | .714 | 25:18 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 31:44 |