Capitals 6-3 Canadiens (25 Nov, 2021) Final Score

Montreal Canadiens

5-14-2, 1-8-1 away

	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3
WSH	3	1	2	6

Kuznetsov, Ovechkin lead Caps over Canadiens 6-3

— Evgeny Kuznetsov scored his seventh goal and added an assist, Alex Ovechkin had three assists in a game for the first time in nearly four years, and the Washington Capitals cruised to a 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night.

Nov 25, 2021, 04:08 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Canadiens	1	1	1	3
	Capitals	3	1	2	6

1st Period		MTL	WSH
3:34	Nic Dowd (2) Assists: Nick Jensen (5), Dmitry Orlov (7)	0	1
9:43	John Carlson (4) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (17), Alex Ovechkin (16)	0	2
14:31	Michael Sgarbossa (1) Unassisted	0	3
18:46	Jake Evans (4) Assists: Artturi Lehkonen (7)	1	3

2nd Period			MTL	WSH
9:05		Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) Assists: John Carlson (14), Alex Ovechkin (17)	1	4
18:54		Cole Caufield (1) Assists: Jonathan Drouin (8), Nick Suzuki (11)	2	4

3rd Period		MTL	WSH
1:49	Tom Wilson (7) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (18), Connor McMichael (5)	2	5
5:57	Dmitry Orlov (3) Assists: Nic Dowd (2)	2	6
17:34	Artturi Lehkonen (2) Assists: Brendan Gallagher (6), Jake Evans (2)	3	6

CANADIENS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Canadiens
3
Capitals
6

Game 1

25/11

Capitals
-
Canadiens
-

Game 2

5/1

Capitals
5
Canadiens
2

Game 2

11/2

Capitals
8
Canadiens
4

Game 3

17/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Nic DowdRW - WSH

John CarlsonD - WSH

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Game Information

Kuznetsov, Ovechkin lead Caps over Canadiens 6-3

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WSH leads 1-0

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