Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Tue, Feb 6, 2024 · Capital One Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

5 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at Capital One Arena. Nick Suzuki scored twice; Juraj Slafkovský scored twice. Samuel Montembeault made 37 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–39.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	3	0	2	5	26
WSH	0	1	1	2	39

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:42	MTL	EV	Nick Suzuki (14) · slap	Cole Caufield (23)	1–0
1st	07:39	MTL	EV	Nick Suzuki (15) · wrist	Arber Xhekaj (3)	2–0
1st	13:07	MTL	EV	Michael Pezzetta (3) · snap	Rafael Harvey-Pinard (6)	3–0
2nd	06:03	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (10) · snap	Dylan Strome (13), Martin Fehérváry (9)	3–1
3rd	11:19	MTL	EV	Juraj Slafkovský (8) · snap	Jake Evans (12), Mike Matheson (28)	4–1
3rd	11:41	WSH	EV	Rasmus Sandin (2) · slap	John Carlson (26), Dylan Strome (14)	4–2
3rd	14:01	MTL	PP	Juraj Slafkovský (9) · slap	Mike Matheson (29), Nick Suzuki (30)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:02	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	hooking	2
2nd	00:47	MTL	Tanner Pearson	hooking	2
2nd	02:51	WSH	Connor McMichael	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	10:32	MTL	Tanner Pearson	high sticking	2
3rd	09:45	WSH	Anthony Mantha	roughing	2
3rd	09:45	MTL	Johnathan Kovacevic	roughing	2
3rd	13:28	WSH	Anthony Mantha	elbowing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MTL 1.69 · WSH 3.32 · xG% MTL 33.7

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	47.4	18:45	24
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4		27:08	27
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	2	0	2	+1	2	3	2	0	100.0	17:15	23
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	100.0	15:58	22
71	Jake Evans	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	53.8	15:52	23
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3		12:29	17
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		12:11	16
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		10:08	12
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2		23:21	23
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		22:48	26
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		19:32	26
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		17:57	20
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	66.7	15:16	20
74	Brandon Gignac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	14:54	22
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		14:13	19
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1		13:46	17
82	Lucas Condotta	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	50.0	10:34	15
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		9:53	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	2	2	+1	0	8	0	0	65.4	22:00	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	6	1	0		22:49	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		21:41	27
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	0		19:35	26
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		19:30	26
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		20:35	26
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	6	0	0		19:52	27
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0		18:12	20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		17:05	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		17:02	19
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	53.8	16:52	22
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		16:19	24
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	0		12:24	18
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1		12:00	16
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50.0	10:50	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	16.7	10:45	17
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	9:49	13
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0		8:09	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	L	17	15	2	.882	46:51
79	Charlie Lindgren	L	9	6	3	.667	13:07