Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2022 · Capital One Arena

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2–9

Final

SOG 33–40

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 9-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 40-33.

Cole Caufield scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Erik Gustafsson, Garnet Hathaway, Nic Dowd, Dylan Strome, Marcus Johansson and Anthony Mantha also scored.

Charlie Lindgren made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 31 of 40.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	2	0	2	33
WSH	2	3	4	9	40

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Erik Gustafsson (6)Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Conor Sheary (14)0–100:32 WSH
Garnet Hathaway (4)Aliaksei Protas (5), Nic Dowd (7)0–204:32 WSH

2nd period

Cole Caufield (20)Nick Suzuki (17), Kirby Dach (18)1–204:02 MTL · PPG
Nic Dowd (9)Aliaksei Protas (6), Erik Gustafsson (16)1–308:31 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (24)Trevor van Riemsdyk (5), Lars Eller (8)1–409:06 WSH
Cole Caufield (21)Unassisted2–412:39 MTL
Dylan Strome (8)Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Marcus Johansson (9)2–519:21 WSH · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (25)Erik Gustafsson (17), Marcus Johansson (10)2–601:22 WSH · PPG
Marcus Johansson (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (27), Martin Fehérváry (3)2–705:31 WSH
Anthony Mantha (9)Unassisted2–815:43 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (26)Conor Sheary (15)2–916:35 WSH

Team stats

MTLWSH

33Shots on goal40

49%Faceoff %51%

1/2Power play2/4

12Penalty minutes8

22Hits24

14Blocked shots15

7Giveaways9

11Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 11:20Josh Anderson · slashing2 min
2nd 02:54Martin Fehérváry · hooking2 min
2nd 02:54Christian Dvorak · holding2 min
2nd 03:18Lars Eller · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:31Johnathan Kovacevic · roughing2 min
2nd 08:31Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
2nd 17:41Chris Wideman · holding2 min
3rd 00:54Nick Suzuki · tripping2 min
3rd 05:31Brendan Gallagher · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3rd 07:18Alex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

22Cole CaufieldR	2	0	2	-1	5	1	0	0	–	15:52
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	42	17:24
77Kirby DachC	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	50	17:26
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	10:34
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-3	3	2	0	2	–	16:06
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	100	12:28
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	54	13:54
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	46	16:24
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	15:45
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	10:29
68Mike HoffmanL	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	14:09
71Jake EvansC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	63	13:52
6Chris WidemanD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	–	16:01
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	2	–	20:19
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	4	0	–	21:57
52Justin BarronD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	18:48
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	4	0	–	20:06
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	-2	2	5	0	0	–	18:18

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jake AllenG	L	40	31	9	.775	60:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	3	0	3	+2	5	0	0	2	–	19:31
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:48
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	3	3	+2	1	0	0	0	50	18:49
56Erik GustafssonD	1	2	3	+3	2	1	1	0	–	21:27
26Nic DowdC	1	1	2	+2	2	3	2	0	47	13:03
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	2	2	+2	3	2	0	0	75	10:32
73Conor ShearyL	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	0	33	13:36
17Dylan StromeC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	43	17:41
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	2	56	14:59
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	+2	6	1	1	2	–	12:12
39Anthony ManthaR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:13
42Martin FehérváryD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	1	2	–	18:00
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	0	0	–	18:20
15Sonny MilanoL	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	–	14:14
91Joe SnivelyC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	12:25
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	19:51
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	20:21
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	4	0	–	16:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Charlie LindgrenG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00