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Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 2026 · Centre Bell

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2–6

Final

SOG 29–25

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 29-25.

Cole Caufield scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Mike Matheson, Kirby Dach, Nick Suzuki and Jake Evans also scored.

Jakub Dobes made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 19 of 23.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH101229
Montréal CanadiensMTL222625

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCole CaufieldMTL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starNick SuzukiMTL · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starAlex OvechkinWSH · 2G 0A

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+
1:03

1–2 · 1st 14:19 · Caufield. Roy was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceMTL on ice

0–1 MTL

1st 0:30 · Caufield

Dowd 0:30

1–1 WSH

1st 13:16 · Ovechkin

Long shift: Hutson 1:02

1–2 MTL

1st 14:19 · Caufield

Long shift: Roy 1:03

1–3 MTL

2nd 12:22 · Matheson

Chychrun 0:17

1–4 MTL

2nd 16:34 · Dach

Sandin 0:54

2–4 WSH

3rd 12:12 · Ovechkin

Newhook 0:41

2–5 MTL

3rd 16:44 · EN · Suzuki

Ovechkin 0:58

2–6 MTL

3rd 18:35 · EN · Evans

Leonard 1:04

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
29Shots on goal25
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits13
13Blocked shots12
15Giveaways16
4Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 06:06Brandon Duhaime · roughing2 min
  • 1st 08:24Mike Matheson · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:09Ryan Leonard · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  • 2nd 17:17Brendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 06:00Nic Dowd · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 06:00Kirby Dach · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 07:51Noah Dobson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 13:33Connor McMichael · holding2 min
  • 3rd 17:37Alexandre Carrier · holding the stick2 min

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