Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 17, 2024 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · MNMT
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 34-31.
Goals came from Anthony Mantha, Arber Xhekaj, T.J. Oshie, Alex Newhook, Sonny Milano, Nick Suzuki and Aliaksei Protas.
Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Mantha (17)Aliaksei Protas (17), Nick Jensen (8)1–003:40 WSH
Arber Xhekaj (2)Joshua Roy (2), Joel Armia (2)1–105:04 MTL
T.J. Oshie (10)Dylan Strome (16), Alex Ovechkin (24)2–110:00 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Alex Newhook (8)Joel Armia (3)2–216:15 MTL
3rd period
Sonny Milano (5)Max Pacioretty (8), Joel Edmundson (3)3–203:27 WSH
Nick Suzuki (20)Juraj Slafkovský (18), Mike Matheson (34)3–309:45 MTL · PPG
Aliaksei Protas (4)Nic Dowd (8), Anthony Mantha (11)4–311:57 WSH
Team stats
WSHMTL
34Shots on goal31
42%Faceoff %58%
1/1Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes2
13Hits18
16Blocked shots26
9Giveaways20
11Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 09:05
Joel Armia · tripping2 min - 1st 13:00
Aliaksei Protas · interference2 min - 3rd 08:40John Carlson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:33Tom Wilson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:24 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:14 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:15 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:07 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:42 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:06 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:36 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:53 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 29:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | W | 31 | 28 | 3 | .903 | 59:49 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:30 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 23:52 |
| 89Joshua RoyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:05 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:00 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 74Brandon GignacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 57:40 |