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Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Monday, April 21, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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2–3

Final/OT

SOG 35–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Monday, April 21, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 35-32.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Anthony Beauvillier, Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki also scored.

Logan Thompson made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 29 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL0020235
Washington CapitalsWSH1101332

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex OvechkinWSH · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starLogan ThompsonWSH · .943 SV%
  3. ★3rd starNick SuzukiMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:38

2–2 · 3rd 15:45 · Suzuki. Carlson was 1:38 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 18:34 · PP · Ovechkin

Stuck out there: Matheson 1:36

0–2 WSH

2nd 12:09 · Beauvillier

Long shift: Newhook 1:16

1–2 MTL

3rd 10:32 · PP · Caufield

Long shift: Roy 1:23

2–2 MTL

3rd 15:45 · Suzuki

Stuck out there: Carlson 1:38

2–3 WSH

OT 2:26 · Ovechkin

Long shift: Guhle 1:16

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLWSH
35Shots on goal32
53%Faceoff %47%
1/2Power play1/2
8Penalty minutes8
33Hits42
12Blocked shots19
17Giveaways13
3Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 10:26Taylor Raddysh · slashing2 min
  • 1st 16:58Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
  • 1st 16:58Andrew Mangiapane · roughing2 min
  • 1st 16:58Alex Newhook · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:13Taylor Raddysh · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:13Juraj Slafkovský · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 16:18Patrik Laine · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 10:03Pierre-Luc Dubois · tripping2 min

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