Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Nov 1, 2018 · Centre Bell · 2018–19 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 6

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at Centre Bell. Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored twice; Lars Eller scored twice; Brendan Gallagher scored twice; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Carey Price made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–44.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	3	0	4	31
MTL	1	2	3	6	44

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:28	MTL	EV	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (1) · wrist	Joel Armia (3)	0–1
1st	06:16	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (2) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (4), Chandler Stephenson (2)	1–1
2nd	00:32	MTL	EV	Brendan Gallagher (8) · tip-in	Tomas Tatar (7)	1–2
2nd	03:06	MTL	EV	Brendan Gallagher (9) · backhand	Tomas Tatar (8), Phillip Danault (5)	1–3
2nd	06:49	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (9) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Jakub Vrana (3)	2–3
2nd	07:59	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (3) · slap	Brett Connolly (7)	3–3
2nd	12:53	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (10) · deflected	Dmitry Orlov (2), Matt Niskanen (5)	4–3
3rd	16:56	MTL	EV	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (2) · wrist	Artturi Lehkonen (7), Victor Mete (1)	4–4
3rd	19:38	MTL	EV	Max Domi (6) · wrist	Jeff Petry (9)	4–5
3rd	19:40	MTL	SH EN	Joel Armia (3) · wrist	Phillip Danault (6)	4–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:23	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	roughing	2
1st	08:23	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	roughing	2
2nd	16:16	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	holding	2
2nd	19:57	WSH	Lars Eller	interference	2
3rd	13:01	MTL	Charles Hudon	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.44 · MTL 3.96 · xG% WSH 38.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2	4	4		24:59	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	-2	0	4	6	1		18:35	20
20	Lars Eller	C	2	0	2	-1	2	3	0	1	61.5	15:38	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	3		25:43	27
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	-2	4	1	1	0	53.3	15:47	22
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		15:21	18
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	100.0	13:44	17
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		11:46	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-4	0	2	0	0		24:04	26
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	6		21:41	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	76.5	19:32	24
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	1	100.0	19:25	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:01	17
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		11:59	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	45.5	11:28	16
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:16	17
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		9:41	14
23	Dmitrij Jaskin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		8:22	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	43	38	5	.884	59:58

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	62.5	16:43	25
15	Jesperi Kotkaniemi	C	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	36.4	15:42	19
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	2	0	2	0	2	7	3	0		15:22	22
40	Joel Armia	R	1	1	2	0	0	4	4	0		15:03	21
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	3	0		14:59	20
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	+3	0	2	3	3		22:42	25
13	Max Domi	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	17.6	18:29	24
53	Victor Mete	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2		17:05	21
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3		13:38	21
61	Xavier Ouellet	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0		20:52	22
28	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		19:46	29
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4		19:30	26
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:29	23
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	0	0	+1	2	4	2	0		17:04	21
58	Noah Juulsen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	3		16:11	24
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	50.0	12:07	19
20	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1		11:45	15
63	Matthew Peca	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44.4	10:33	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Carey Price	W	31	27	4	.871	60:00