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Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, November 20, 2025 · Centre Bell

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8–4

Final

SOG 36–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 8-4 on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 36-28.

Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick, Ethen Frank scored twice and Sonny Milano scored twice. Brendan Gallagher, Joseph Veleno, Jakob Chychrun, Nick Suzuki and Mike Matheson also scored.

Charlie Lindgren made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 21 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH143836
Montréal CanadiensMTL121428

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex OvechkinWSH · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starBrendan GallagherMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starEthen FrankWSH · 2G 2A

Scoring

1st period

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+
2:44

4–2 · 2nd 14:26 · Chychrun. MTL stayed on through an icing. Dobson was 2:44 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceMTL on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 1:00 · PP · Ovechkin

Matheson 0:22

1–1 MTL

1st 15:47 · PP · Gallagher

Wilson 0:27

2–1 WSH

2nd 2:00 · PP · Frank

Stuck out there: Evans 2:00

3–1 WSH

2nd 3:38 · Frank

Dobson 0:41

3–2 MTL

2nd 7:53 · Veleno

Long shift: Strome 1:07

4–2 WSH

2nd 14:26 · Chychrun

Stuck out there: Dobson 2:44

4–3 MTL

2nd 15:04 · Suzuki

Roy 0:38

5–3 WSH

2nd 17:25 · Milano

Long shift: Carrier 1:13

5–4 MTL

3rd 5:37 · Matheson

Long shift: Fehérváry 1:00

6–4 WSH

3rd 16:03 · Ovechkin

Suzuki 0:43

7–4 WSH

3rd 17:56 · EN · Ovechkin

Suzuki 1:10

8–4 WSH

3rd 18:34 · Milano

Gallagher 0:38

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

WSHMTL
36Shots on goal28
45%Faceoff %55%
2/4Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes12
19Hits20
13Blocked shots15
16Giveaways16
4Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 00:58Juraj Slafkovský · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 06:27Mike Matheson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:03Justin Sourdif · hooking2 min
  • 1st 14:28Jakob Chychrun · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 15:58Joshua Roy · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 17:11Ethen Frank · slashing2 min
  • 1st 19:47Josh Anderson · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 19:47Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
  • 1st 20:00Mike Matheson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 19:25Josh Anderson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 3rd 19:25Ryan Leonard · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

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