Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, April 6, 2023 · Centre Bell

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2–6

Final

SOG 26–32

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 32-26.

Joel Armia scored a hat trick. Dylan Strome, Nick Suzuki, Brendan Gallagher, Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Hoffman also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	2	26
MTL	0	4	2	6	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dylan Strome (20)Nick Jensen (23), Alex Ovechkin (32)1–005:30 WSH

2nd period

Nick Suzuki (24)Joel Edmundson (10), Mike Matheson (23)1–103:42 MTL · SHG
Joel Armia (5)Mike Matheson (24), Jake Evans (14)1–207:52 MTL · SHG
Brendan Gallagher (8)Jonathan Drouin (27)1–309:23 MTL
Joel Armia (6)Mike Matheson (25), Nick Suzuki (39)1–411:15 MTL

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (7)Dylan Strome (40), John Carlson (18)2–414:27 WSH · PPG
Joel Armia (7)Rafael Harvey-Pinard (6)2–516:58 MTL · EN
Mike Hoffman (14)Jake Evans (15)2–619:42 MTL

Team stats

WSHMTL

26Shots on goal32

44%Faceoff %56%

1/5Power play0/3

21Penalty minutes15

17Hits8

19Blocked shots16

11Giveaways15

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 10:27Tom Wilson · instigator2 min
1st 10:27Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 10:27Tom Wilson · misconduct10 min
1st 10:27Michael Pezzetta · fighting5 min
1st 12:26Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 02:25Michael Pezzetta · interference2 min
2nd 06:59Joel Edmundson · hooking2 min
2nd 12:43Sonny Milano · hooking2 min
2nd 15:45Sonny Milano · tripping2 min
3rd 01:02Chris Wideman · roughing2 min
3rd 13:10Brendan Gallagher · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

17Dylan StromeC	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	46	16:10
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-2	1	4	0	0	–	21:50
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	-2	2	1	1	0	35	19:53
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	2	0	–	19:02
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	-4	4	3	3	0	–	24:18
15Sonny MilanoL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	4	–	10:06
16Craig SmithC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	–	18:48
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	0	53	17:24
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	17	–	17:34
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	16:34
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	20:01
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	47	18:45
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	09:24
27Alexander AlexeyevD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	16:01
38Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	17:50
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	–	18:41
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	13:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG	L	31	26	5	.839	58:02
79Charlie LindgrenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

40Joel ArmiaR	3	0	3	+2	3	1	0	0	–	17:21
8Mike MathesonD	0	3	3	+4	5	0	4	0	–	25:45
14Nick SuzukiC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	57	18:25
71Jake EvansC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	1	0	60	17:05
11Brendan GallagherR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	2	–	11:58
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	27	15:07
49Rafael Harvey-PinardL	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	0	–	16:50
68Mike HoffmanL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:10
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	2	–	22:46
25Denis GurianovR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:39
32Rem PitlickC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:04
55Michael PezzettaL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	50	09:28
56Jesse YlonenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:22
67Chris TierneyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	78	12:56
6Chris WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	13:59
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	+1	6	1	0	0	–	20:40
52Justin BarronD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0	–	17:23
64Corey SchuenemanD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	13:33

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	26	24	2	.923	59:16