Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Sat, Feb 28, 2026 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 6

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–2 on Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at Centre Bell. Cole Caufield scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Jakub Dobes made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	2	29
MTL	2	2	2	6	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:30	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (34) · snap	Unassisted	0–1
1st	13:16	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (23) · snap	Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5)	1–1
1st	14:19	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (35) · backhand	Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9)	1–2
2nd	12:22	MTL	EV	Mike Matheson (6) · snap	Zachary Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8)	1–3
2nd	16:34	MTL	EV	Kirby Dach (8) · snap	Nick Suzuki (49)	1–4
3rd	12:12	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (24) · snap	Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10)	2–4
3rd	16:44	MTL	SH EN	Nick Suzuki (19) · backhand	Unassisted	2–5
3rd	18:35	MTL	SH EN	Jake Evans (8) · wrist	Unassisted	2–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:06	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	roughing	2
1st	08:24	MTL	Mike Matheson	holding	2
2nd	10:09	WSH	Ryan Leonard	roughing removing opponents helmet	2
2nd	17:17	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	slashing	2
3rd	06:00	WSH	Nic Dowd	cross checking	2
3rd	06:00	MTL	Kirby Dach	roughing	2
3rd	07:51	MTL	Noah Dobson	tripping	2
3rd	13:33	WSH	Connor McMichael	holding	2
3rd	17:37	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	holding the stick	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 5.05 · MTL 3.82 · xG% WSH 56.9

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	-2	0	6	2	0		15:30	18
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1		12:42	20
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	38.5	16:07	20
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		13:00	17
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	-5	0	2	0	0		23:20	26
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3		21:28	25
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		20:58	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	3	0		19:16	23
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		19:06	24
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	0	0	0	-4	0	3	2	0	71.4	18:22	24
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		18:05	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		15:12	20
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	40.0	15:09	24
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0		15:09	19
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1	53.8	14:48	22
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	37.5	12:43	17
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		11:30	17
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		10:43	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	L	23	19	4	.826	58:52

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	2	3	+4	0	2	0	1	38.5	18:25	20
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	+3	0	5	1	2		16:19	18
8	Mike Matheson	D	1	0	1	+4	2	3	1	0		24:04	26
71	Jake Evans	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	2	55.6	14:25	20
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	25.0	13:45	19
77	Kirby Dach	C	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0		13:44	17
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		12:24	14
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		11:08	16
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3		24:48	25
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		20:14	22
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1		18:01	23
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	53.8	17:53	18
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		16:35	26
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100.0	15:40	20
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	100.0	14:23	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		13:47	17
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:44	15
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	11:41	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00