Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Canadiens

5-14-2, 12 PTS

3-6

Final

Capitals

12-3-5, 29 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

MTL shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MTL	5	10	13	28
WSH	16	10	8	34

In net

Jake Allen28/34 SV, .824

Ilya Samsonov25/28 SV, .893

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

Who won: Capitals 6-3

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-3 on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 1-0. The Capitals outscored the Canadiens 3-1 in the 1st period. Dmitry Orlov led the Capitals in goals (1). Jake Evans led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Recap · Nov 24

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.

What it means

Season series: WSH leads series 1-0.
Canadiens 1-8-1 on the road; Capitals 6-1-3 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Florian Xhekaj LW
Lower Body
Out
Mike Matheson D
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Capitals8th in Eastern Conference

Pierre-Luc Dubois LW
Illness
Out
Justin Sourdif RW
Illness
Day-To-Day
Matt Roy D
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Patrick Thomas C
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin D
Knee, Surgery, right
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Jake Allen G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Capitals8th in Eastern Conference

Ilya Samsonov G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

WSH leads series 1-0

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Game info

Venue: Capital One Arena, Washington, DC · Attendance 18,573
Officials: Jon McIsaac (Referee), Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Kyle Flemington (Linesman)