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Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Playoffs · Sunday, April 27, 2025 · Centre Bell

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5–2

Final

SOG 26–18

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 26-18.

Brandon Duhaime scored twice. Dylan Strome, Juraj Slafkovský, Cole Caufield, Andrew Mangiapane and Tom Wilson also scored.

Logan Thompson made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 21 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH014526
Montréal CanadiensMTL020218

Three stars

  1. ★1st starDylan StromeWSH · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMike MathesonMTL · 0G 0A
  3. ★3rd starBrandon DuhaimeWSH · 2G 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+
2:31

1–1 · 2nd 10:33 · Slafkovský. Roy was 2:31 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceMTL on ice

1–0 WSH

2nd 1:25 · Strome

Long shift: Hutson 1:01

1–1 MTL

2nd 10:33 · PP · Slafkovský

Stuck out there: Roy 2:31

1–2 MTL

2nd 18:32 · PP · Caufield

Carlson 0:30

2–2 WSH

3rd 6:39 · Duhaime

Matheson 0:44

3–2 WSH

3rd 16:23 · Mangiapane

Guhle 0:33

4–2 WSH

3rd 17:21 · EN · Duhaime

Hutson 0:33

5–2 WSH

3rd 19:05 · EN · Wilson

Hutson 2:17

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

WSHMTL
26Shots on goal18
58%Faceoff %42%
0/5Power play2/4
10Penalty minutes12
26Hits34
12Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 02:47Alexander Alexeyev · interference2 min
  • 1st 11:35Kaiden Guhle · interference2 min
  • 1st 16:28Arber Xhekaj · interference2 min
  • 2nd 04:54Christian Dvorak · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 06:11Joel Armia · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 09:16Nic Dowd · interference2 min
  • 2nd 16:05Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:02Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
  • 3rd 00:37Jakob Chychrun · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 00:37John Carlson · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 00:37Christian Dvorak · roughing2 min

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