Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

East 1st Round - Game 3 • WSH leads series 2-1

51-22-9, 25-13-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	1	1	3
Canadiens MTL	1	2	3	6

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

40-31-11, 23-12-6 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Pierre-Luc DuboisP. Dubois#80
Brandon DuhaimeB. Duhaime#22
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Andrew MangiapaneA. Mangiapane#88
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Taylor RaddyshT. Raddysh#16
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Matt RoyM. Roy#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
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%
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	13:05	0:00	0:00	13:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	25	15:02	0:01	3:55	11:06	10	9	52.6
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	23	16:02	1:03	0:16	14:43	8	6	57.1
0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	1	26	15:02	0:00	3:19	11:43	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	17	12:11	0:00	2:09	10:02	3	3	50.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	17	12:00	0:00	0:00	12:00	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	11:56	0:56	0:00	11:00	1	1	50.0
1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	16:47	0:49	3:22	12:36	1	0	100.0
1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	15:16	3:36	0:00	11:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	12:40	0:00	0:00	12:40	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	22	16:51	3:09	0:00	13:42	2	8	20.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	2	12	4	1	2	22	14:41	3:03	3:00	8:38	0	1	0.0
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	0	1	21	10:27	0:00	0:05	10:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	30	24:45	2:53	5:30	16:22	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	1	5	1	2	1	0	2	26	21:58	3:11	0:36	18:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	28	25:53	0:12	5:54	19:47	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	25	20:30	1:07	1:57	17:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	25	16:52	0:00	2:05	14:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Logan ThompsonL. Thompson#48
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#79

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	5	30	.857	23	6	1	0	0	53:23	0
5	1	4	.800	4	0	0	0	0	6:37	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Joel ArmiaJ. Armia#40
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Christian DvorakC. Dvorak#28
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Emil HeinemanE. Heineman#51
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#15
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Kaiden GuhleK. Guhle#21
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
David SavardD. Savard#58
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	-1	3	1	0	2	12	6	0	0	17	11:46	0:00	0:50	10:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	15:18	0:00	3:08	12:10	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	19:29	6:07	0:00	13:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:37	6:10	0:00	9:27	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:11	0:00	0:50	14:21	9	8	52.9
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	20	14:50	0:03	3:07	11:40	6	2	75.0
0	1	-1	4	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	22	15:07	2:14	0:00	12:53	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	15	10:50	1:16	0:00	9:34	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8:06	0:11	0:00	7:55	2	5	28.6
1	1	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	23	15:16	1:55	0:00	13:21	2	1	66.7
1	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	23	19:56	5:52	0:01	14:03	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	25	22:03	7:44	0:02	14:17	10	7	58.8
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	3	1	0	31	21:38	0:34	0:50	20:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	23	20:33	0:00	0:51	19:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	24:50	6:24	0:01	18:25	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	26	24:22	1:40	3:09	19:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	11:03	0:00	3:08	7:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	17	10:05	0:00	0:03	10:02	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
8	1	7	.875	7	0	0	0	0	28:21	0
13	2	11	.846	6	4	1	0	0	31:39	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	1	1	1	3
	Canadiens	1	2	3	6

1st Period			WSH	MTL
3:20		Connor McMichael (3) Assists: Matt Roy (1), Rasmus Sandin (1)	1	0
19:07		Alexandre Carrier (1) Assists: Alex Newhook (1), Jake Evans (1)	1	1

2nd Period		WSH	MTL
8:37	Nick Suzuki (2) (Power Play) Unassisted	1	2
10:47	Jakob Chychrun (1) Assists: Andrew Mangiapane (1), Lars Eller (1)	2	2
19:51	Cole Caufield (2) Assists: Lane Hutson (3)	2	3

3rd Period		WSH	MTL
2:39	Alex Ovechkin (3) Assists: Dylan Strome (4), Anthony Beauvillier (3)	3	3
4:17	Christian Dvorak (2) Assists: David Savard (1), Joel Armia (1)	3	4
13:23	Juraj Slafkovsky (1) Assists: Cole Caufield (1)	3	5
17:35	Alex Newhook (1) (Power Play) Assists: Brendan Gallagher (2), Mike Matheson (1)	3	6

Canadiens
2
Capitals
3

Game 1

22/4

Canadiens
1
Capitals
3

Game 2

24/4

Capitals
3
Canadiens
6

Game 3

26/4

Capitals
5
Canadiens
2

Game 4

27/4

Canadiens
1
Capitals
4

Game 5

1/5

Bell Centre

12:00 AM, 26 April 2025

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 21,105

Referees:
Francis Charron
Graham Skilliter
Kendrick Nicholson

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
Kyle Flemington
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

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