Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

Preseason

1-1-0, 1-1-0 Away

Final

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

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

0-2-0, 0-1-0 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
John AlbertJ. Albert#16
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Anthony PelusoA. Peluso#14
Garrett PilonG. Pilon#40
Zach SillZ. Sill#23
Wayne SimpsonW. Simpson#42
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Madison BoweyM. Bowey#22
Connor HobbsC. Hobbs#36
Jyrki JokipakkaJ. Jokipakka#3
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Colby WilliamsC. Williams#38

											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	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	16	11:03	0:17	4:12	6:34	5	3	62.5
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	13:09	3:40	0:23	9:06	0	0	0.0
1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20	18:01	3:14	0:19	14:28	10	10	50.0
0	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	20	15:45	3:14	0:14	12:17	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	7:27	0:17	0:00	7:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	18	12:04	1:58	1:30	8:36	4	3	57.1
0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	1	18	15:39	0:17	7:31	7:51	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	18	12:55	1:58	0:02	10:55	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	23	13:56	0:00	2:50	11:06	2	3	40.0
1	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	6	1	0	22	17:39	2:16	5:36	9:47	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	22	22:06	3:07	4:21	14:38	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	23	17:07	1:49	2:07	13:11	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	25	19:57	0:00	4:35	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	5	0	1	27	19:57	0:00	8:11	11:46	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	22	20:26	2:22	4:21	13:43	0	0	0.0

goalies
Pheonix CopleyP. Copley#1
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	1	21	.955	0	0	0	0	0	30:38	0
21	0	20	.952	0	0	0	0	0	29:22	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Daniel CarrD. Carr#43
Jonathan DrouinJ. Drouin#92
Markus EisenschmidM. Eisenschmid#57
Byron FroeseB. Froese#42
Ales HemskyA. Hemsky#83
Peter HollandP. Holland#13
Charles HudonC. Hudon#54
Artturi LehkonenA. Lehkonen#62
Andreas MartinsenA. Martinsen#37
Max PaciorettyM. Pacioretty#67
Tomas PlekanecT. Plekanec#14
Nikita ScherbakN. Scherbak#38
defensemen
Jordie BennJ. Benn#8
Brandon DavidsonB. Davidson#88
Jakub JerabekJ. Jerabek#28
Victor MeteV. Mete#53
Mark StreitM. Streit#32
Shea WeberS. Weber#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	11	9:28	0:00	0:00	9:28	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	23	18:44	9:54	0:00	8:50	7	8	46.7
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	10:43	0:00	1:08	9:35	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	18	12:33	0:11	1:45	10:37	3	7	30.0
0	1	-1	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	20	18:52	11:03	0:00	7:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	15	12:00	0:00	2:09	9:51	3	4	42.9
1	0	-1	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:55	4:27	0:00	11:28	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	24	15:09	2:56	1:24	10:49	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	20	12:41	0:11	2:26	10:04	1	3	25.0
1	0	-1	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	19:13	9:58	0:00	9:15	1	5	16.7
0	0	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	18:21	5:36	2:06	10:39	8	3	72.7
0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	15	12:01	0:11	0:00	11:50	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	3	25	18:34	0:00	3:17	15:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	16:21	0:00	3:13	13:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	17:31	3:52	0:47	12:52	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:36	4:13	0:00	13:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	26	25:08	10:24	1:03	13:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	28	24:50	10:45	2:38	11:27	0	0	0.0

goalies
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#39
Carey PriceC. Price#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
11	1	10	.909	0	0	0	0	0	29:31	0
10	2	8	.800	0	0	0	0	0	29:22	0

* - 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	T
	Capitals	2	0	2	4
	Canadiens	0	2	0	2

1st Period			WSH	MTL
5:07		Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Madison Bowey (1), Philipp Grubauer (1)	1	0
9:52		Jakub Vrana (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	2	0

2nd Period			WSH	MTL
1:16		Charles Hudon (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Victor Mete (1), Jakub Jerabek (1)	2	1
11:37		Max Pacioretty (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Ales Hemsky (1), Jonathan Drouin (1)	2	2

3rd Period			WSH	MTL
14:06		Devante Smith-Pelly (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Connor Hobbs (1), Brett Connolly (1)	3	2
18:52		Tom Wilson (1) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)	4	2

Bell Centre

12:00 AM, 21 September 2017

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 21,288

Referees:
Marc Joannette
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Michel Cormier

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	41	17	6	88
Pittsburgh	32	17	15	79
NY Islanders	37	23	5	79
Columbus	33	21	10	76
Washington	32	26	7	71
Philadelphia	29	23	11	69
New Jersey	32	30	2	66
NY Rangers	26	30	8	60

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	40	19	6	86
Tampa Bay	39	20	4	82
Montreal	35	18	10	80
Detroit	36	22	7	79
Boston	36	22	6	78
Ottawa	32	22	9	73
Florida	32	29	3	67
Toronto	27	27	11	65

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