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Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Wednesday, April 23, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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1–3

Final

SOG 26–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-1 on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 32-26.

Connor McMichael scored twice. Christian Dvorak and Dylan Strome also scored.

Logan Thompson made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 29 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL010126
Washington CapitalsWSH021332

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLogan ThompsonWSH · .962 SV%
  2. ★2nd starSamuel MontembeaultMTL · .935 SV%
  3. ★3rd starDylan StromeWSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:27

1–1 · 2nd 3:47 · McMichael. MTL stayed on through an icing. Struble was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceWSH on ice

1–0 MTL

2nd 1:16 · Dvorak

Ovechkin 0:52

1–1 WSH

2nd 3:47 · McMichael

Long shift: Struble 1:27

1–2 WSH

2nd 4:47 · Strome

Long shift: Matheson 1:00

1–3 WSH

3rd 19:58 · EN · McMichael

Dvorak 2:27

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
26Shots on goal32
51%Faceoff %49%
0/2Power play0/1
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits37
12Blocked shots24
19Giveaways16
7Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 08:14Josh Anderson · boarding2 min
  • 1st 08:14Josh Anderson · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 08:14Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 2nd 05:08Matt Roy · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 17:41Nic Dowd · interference2 min
  • 3rd 20:00Josh Anderson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 20:00Brandon Duhaime · slashing2 min

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