Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

43-25-10, 21-13-5 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Capitals WSH	0	2	2	1	5
Canadiens MTL	0	3	1	0	4

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

47-22-9, 25-9-6 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Troy BrouwerT. Brouwer#20
Jason ChimeraJ. Chimera#25
Eric FehrE. Fehr#16
Curtis GlencrossC. Glencross#22
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Brooks LaichB. Laich#21
Michael LattaM. Latta#46
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Joel WardJ. Ward#42
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Tim GleasonT. Gleason#6
Mike GreenM. Green#52
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	29	23:42	3:13	1:56	18:33	18	11	62.1
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	28	19:44	3:13	3:24	13:07	4	2	66.7
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	15:05	0:00	0:48	14:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	16:12	0:00	2:29	13:43	8	8	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	18	12:07	0:49	0:00	11:18	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	26	20:45	3:13	0:12	17:20	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	17:39	0:49	0:00	16:50	9	10	47.4
0	0	-2	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	16	12:40	0:00	2:28	10:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4:49	0:00	0:00	4:49	1	3	25.0
2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	5	0	1	27	22:59	4:02	0:00	18:57	0	0	0.0
2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	17:21	0:49	1:59	14:33	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	4:14	0:00	0:00	4:14	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	32	20:41	0:00	3:23	17:18	0	0	0.0
0	3	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	33	26:48	4:02	2:22	20:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	22	14:15	0:00	1:10	13:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	25	17:41	0:00	0:08	17:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	4	33	22:21	0:00	3:48	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	31	24:19	0:00	2:25	21:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	4	23	.852	0	0	0	4	4	65:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Jacob De La RoseJ. De La Rose#25
David DesharnaisD. Desharnais#51
Lars EllerL. Eller#81
Alex GalchenyukA. Galchenyuk#27
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Torrey MitchellT. Mitchell#17
Max PaciorettyM. Pacioretty#67
P.A. ParenteauP.A. Parenteau#15
Tomas PlekanecT. Plekanec#14
Brandon PrustB. Prust#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#21
Dale WeiseD. Weise#22
defensemen
Nathan BeaulieuN. Beaulieu#28
Alexei EmelinA. Emelin#74
Tom GilbertT. Gilbert#77
Andrei MarkovA. Markov#79
Jeff PetryJ. Petry#26
P.K. SubbanP.K. Subban#76

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	17	11:33	0:00	1:44	9:49	1	1	50.0
0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	19:53	3:24	0:00	16:29	8	11	42.1
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	23	13:24	0:06	0:46	12:32	5	11	31.3
0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27	20:06	3:10	0:00	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	26	17:45	3:13	0:00	14:32	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	18	11:29	0:00	1:39	9:50	7	3	70.0
0	1	-1	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	27	19:25	3:22	1:04	14:59	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	18:10	3:19	0:00	14:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	28	20:27	3:08	1:37	15:42	12	13	48.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	22	12:06	0:06	0:50	11:10	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	10:28	0:00	0:00	10:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19	10:58	0:06	0:00	10:52	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	20	17:07	0:22	0:00	16:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	29	22:48	0:00	2:36	20:12	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	24	21:28	1:10	2:03	18:15	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	23:43	5:03	1:59	16:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	2	28	20:48	1:39	0:11	18:58	0	0	0.0
1	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	3	2	1	28	24:06	5:02	1:15	17:49	0	0	0.0

goalies
Carey PriceC. Price#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
19	4	15	.789	0	0	0	4	3	64:50	2

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Capitals	0	2	2	1	5
	Canadiens	0	3	1	0	4

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		WSH	MTL
0:58	Jeff Petry (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Galchenyuk (24), P.K. Subban (41)	0	1
10:36	Joel Ward (18) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Marcus Johansson (26)	1	1
14:08	Alex Ovechkin (51) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (38), Braden Holtby (2)	2	1
14:47	Tom Gilbert (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: P.A. Parenteau (13), Alex Galchenyuk (25)	2	2
18:39	Lars Eller (13) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dale Weise (19), P.K. Subban (42)	2	3

3rd Period		WSH	MTL
11:06	Alex Ovechkin (52) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (39), Nicklas Backstrom (56)	3	3
12:19	Joel Ward (19) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (40), Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)	4	3
15:01	P.K. Subban (15) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Andrei Markov (37), Max Pacioretty (30)	4	4

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			WSH	MTL
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			1	0

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-1

Canadiens
2
Capitals
1

Game 1

10/10

Capitals
0
Canadiens
1

Game 2

31/1

Capitals
5
Canadiens
4

Game 3

3/4

Bell Centre

12:30 AM, 3 April 2015

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 21,287

Referees:
Dave Jackson
Marc Joannette

Linesmen:
Jean Morin
Pierre Racicot

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	24	11	3	51
NY Islanders	21	14	4	46
Philadelphia	19	11	7	45
Washington	20	14	5	45
NY Rangers	19	17	5	43
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
Pittsburgh	16	12	9	41
Columbus	17	15	6	40

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	21	15	2	44
Buffalo	20	14	4	44
Boston	20	18	2	42
Ottawa	18	15	5	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

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Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-1

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