Capitals 9-2 Canadiens (31 Dec, 2022) Box Score

Montreal Canadiens

15-19-3, 8-10-3 away

	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	0	2
WSH	2	3	4	9

Washington Capitals

21-13-5, 12-5-2 home

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#22
Kirby DachK. Dach#77
Jonathan DrouinJ. Drouin#27
Christian DvorakC. Dvorak#28
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Mike HoffmanM. Hoffman#68
Michael PezzettaM. Pezzetta#55
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
defensemen
Justin BarronJ. Barron#52
Joel EdmundsonJ. Edmundson#44
Jordan HarrisJ. Harris#54
Johnathan KovacevicJ. Kovacevic#26
Chris WidemanC. Wideman#6
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	3	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	21	16:06	0:51	0:39	14:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	15:45	0:00	4:02	11:43	0	0	0.0
2	0	-1	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	15:52	1:38	0:00	14:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	20	17:26	1:44	0:00	15:42	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	17	13:54	0:50	0:00	13:04	7	6	53.8
0	0	-1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	21	16:24	0:57	3:38	11:49	6	7	46.2
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	13:52	0:00	2:09	11:43	5	3	62.5
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	12	10:34	0:56	0:00	9:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	14:09	1:31	0:00	12:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	10:29	0:00	0:46	9:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	12:28	0:42	0:00	11:46	1	0	100.0
0	1	-1	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	20	17:24	1:49	0:34	15:01	10	14	41.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:48	0:00	2:18	16:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	27	21:57	0:00	5:01	16:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	25	20:06	0:00	0:54	19:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	25	20:19	0:00	3:39	16:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	20	16:01	0:00	0:00	16:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	23	18:18	0:53	0:00	17:25	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jake AllenJ. Allen#34

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
40	9	31	.775	28	3	0	0	0	60:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Joe SnivelyJ. Snively#91
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
defensemen
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Matt IrwinM. Irwin#52
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	1	21	13:03	0:00	1:23	11:40	9	10	47.4
0	1	1	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	21	14:59	0:00	0:46	14:13	9	7	56.3
1	0	2	6	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	18	12:12	0:00	0:40	11:32	0	0	0.0
1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19	17:48	5:01	0:26	12:21	0	0	0.0
0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	19	18:49	5:02	0:22	13:25	6	6	50.0
1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	19	14:13	0:53	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	14:14	0:54	0:00	13:20	0	0	0.0
3	0	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	19:31	5:55	0:00	13:36	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	10:32	0:00	0:00	10:32	3	1	75.0
0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:36	0:53	0:40	12:03	1	2	33.3
0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	12:25	0:00	0:00	12:25	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	17:41	5:02	0:00	12:39	3	4	42.9
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	3	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	22	18:00	0:00	1:08	16:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	20	16:14	0:00	1:07	15:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	23	19:51	0:00	1:23	18:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	20:21	1:10	0:00	19:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:20	0:00	1:25	16:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#79

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	2	31	.939	29	1	1	0	0	60:00	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
	Canadiens	0	2	0	2
	Capitals	2	3	4	9

1st Period			MTL	WSH
0:32		Erik Gustafsson (6) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Conor Sheary (14)	0	1
4:32		Garnet Hathaway (4) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (5), Nic Dowd (7)	0	2

2nd Period		MTL	WSH
4:02	Cole Caufield (20) (Power Play) Assists: Nick Suzuki (17), Kirby Dach (18)	1	2
8:31	Nic Dowd (9) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (6), Erik Gustafsson (16)	1	3
9:06	Alex Ovechkin (24) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk (5), Lars Eller (8)	1	4
12:39	Cole Caufield (21) Unassisted	2	4
19:21	Dylan Strome (8) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Marcus Johansson (9)	2	5

3rd Period		MTL	WSH
1:22	Alex Ovechkin (25) (Power Play) Assists: Erik Gustafsson (17), Marcus Johansson (10)	2	6
5:31	Marcus Johansson (10) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (27), Martin Fehervary (3)	2	7
15:43	Anthony Mantha (9) Unassisted	2	8
16:35	Alex Ovechkin (26) Assists: Conor Sheary (15)	2	9

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Canadiens
1
Capitals
3

Game 1

16/10

Canadiens
2
Capitals
9

Game 2

31/12

Capitals
2
Canadiens
6

Game 3

7/4

Capital One Arena

9:00 PM, 31 December 2022

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent
Frederick L'Ecuyer

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
Kilian McNamara

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	11	2	46
Toronto	21	11	2	44
Boston	18	13	4	40
Tampa Bay	18	11	2	38
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	16	3	31
Detroit	13	16	4	30
Buffalo	11	19	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	23	8	2	48
New Jersey	22	11	3	47
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	16	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

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Montreal Canadiens

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Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

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