Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, April 16, 2022 · Centre Bell

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8–4

Final

SOG 41–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 8-4 on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 41-32.

Anthony Mantha scored twice and Ryan Poehling scored twice. Nic Dowd, Jake Evans, Alex Ovechkin, Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov, Justin Schultz, Nick Suzuki and T.J. Oshie also scored.

Vitek Vanecek made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 33 of 41.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	3	4	8	41
MTL	0	2	2	4	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nic Dowd (10)Dmitry Orlov (20), Anthony Mantha (11)1–012:23 WSH

2nd period

Jake Evans (11)Christian Dvorak (16), David Savard (12)1–101:56 MTL
Anthony Mantha (8)Lars Eller (17), Dmitry Orlov (21)2–108:03 WSH
Anthony Mantha (9)Lars Eller (18)3–108:37 WSH
Ryan Poehling (7)Jeff Petry (15), Mike Hoffman (18)3–208:51 MTL
Alex Ovechkin (47)Evgeny Kuznetsov (50)4–215:36 WSH

3rd period

Ryan Poehling (8)Tyler Pitlick (4), Alexander Romanov (10)4–302:22 MTL
Garnet Hathaway (13)Nic Dowd (13), Johan Larsson (13)5–303:08 WSH
Dmitry Orlov (12)Anthony Mantha (12)6–304:30 WSH
Justin Schultz (3)Dmitry Orlov (22), Marcus Johansson (18)7–309:50 WSH · PPG
Nick Suzuki (20)Jeff Petry (16)7–414:53 MTL
T.J. Oshie (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (51), John Carlson (52)8–416:35 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHMTL

41Shots on goal32

44%Faceoff %56%

2/6Power play0/2

8Penalty minutes16

34Hits21

12Blocked shots18

10Giveaways16

11Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 10:11David Savard · holding2 min
1st 13:04Johan Larsson · hooking2 min
2nd 07:47Josh Anderson · slashing2 min
2nd 07:47Nicklas Backstrom · roughing2 min
2nd 09:18Mike Hoffman · hooking2 min
2nd 10:04Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 17:42Josh Anderson · hooking2 min
2nd 18:12T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min
3rd 08:24Joel Edmundson · slashing2 min
3rd 15:44Michael Pezzetta · illegal check to head2 min
3rd 19:05Joel Edmundson · slashing2 min
3rd 19:05Anthony Mantha · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

39Anthony ManthaR	2	2	4	+3	5	2	1	2	–	14:04
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	3	4	+2	3	1	1	0	–	18:13
20Lars EllerC	0	2	2	+2	2	1	0	0	45	14:38
26Nic DowdC	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	0	36	12:39
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	47	19:37
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	19:50
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	100	10:59
22Johan LarssonL	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	–	10:06
77T.J. OshieR	1	0	1	-1	5	5	0	2	38	18:50
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	12:50
2Justin SchultzD	1	0	1	-4	4	0	0	0	–	16:38
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	3	0	–	23:56
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	47	17:39
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	3	5	1	0	–	14:16
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	14:37
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+3	2	1	1	0	–	20:19
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+3	0	5	2	0	–	19:31
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	14:23

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	32	28	4	.875	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

25Ryan PoehlingC	2	0	2	+2	4	0	2	0	67	13:02
26Jeff PetryD	0	2	2	+2	2	2	2	0	–	20:33
14Nick SuzukiC	1	0	1	-3	5	0	1	0	42	16:22
24Tyler PitlickC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	–	11:21
28Christian DvorakL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0	62	18:55
68Mike HoffmanC	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	100	16:54
71Jake EvansC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	60	13:20
27Alexander RomanovD	0	1	1	-3	2	1	2	0	–	23:49
58David SavardD	0	1	1	-3	0	1	2	2	–	22:21
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	100	15:18
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	4	–	15:48
22Cole CaufieldR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	15:25
32Rem PitlickC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	33	12:42
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	11:43
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	–	07:56
20Chris WidemanD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	14:11
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	+2	2	3	0	4	–	19:43
64Corey SchuenemanD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	–	17:30

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	L	41	33	8	.805	60:00