Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, February 6, 2024 · Capital One Arena
TSN2 · RDS · MNMT
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 39-26.
Nick Suzuki scored twice and Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Michael Pezzetta, Alex Ovechkin and Rasmus Sandin also scored.
Samuel Montembeault made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 6 of 9.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Suzuki (14)Cole Caufield (23)1–006:42 MTL- Nick Suzuki (15)Arber Xhekaj (3)2–007:39 MTL
Michael Pezzetta (3)Rafael Harvey-Pinard (6)3–013:07 MTL
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (10)Dylan Strome (13), Martin Fehérváry (9)3–106:03 WSH
3rd period
Juraj Slafkovský (8)Jake Evans (12), Mike Matheson (28)4–111:19 MTL
Rasmus Sandin (2)John Carlson (26), Dylan Strome (14)4–211:41 WSH- Juraj Slafkovský (9)Mike Matheson (29), Nick Suzuki (30)5–214:01 MTL · PPG
Team stats
MTLWSH
26Shots on goal39
51%Faceoff %49%
1/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits21
20Blocked shots6
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 08:02
Juraj Slafkovský · hooking2 min - 2nd 00:47Tanner Pearson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:51
Connor McMichael · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 2nd 10:32Tanner Pearson · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:45Anthony Mantha · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:45Johnathan Kovacevic · roughing2 min
- 3rd 13:28Anthony Mantha · elbowing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27:08 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:58 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:32 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 74Brandon GignacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 82Lucas CondottaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 39 | 37 | 2 | .949 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 22:00 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 22:49 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 19:35 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:49 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:45 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 18:12 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 19:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 46:51 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 13:07 |