Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals, East 1st Round Game 1

NHL

Canadiens

40-31-11, 91 PTS

2-3

Final/OT

Capitals

51-22-9, 111 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

MTL shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
MTL	13	8	14	0	35
WSH	14	9	7	2	32

In net

Sam Montembeault29/32 SV, .906

Logan Thompson33/35 SV, .943

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	0	0	2	0	2
WSH	1	1	0	1	3

Who won: Capitals 3-2

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime in East 1st Round Game 1 on Monday, April 21, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals win the series 2-1. Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in goals (2). Nick Suzuki led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Play by play

End of the overtime
End of the overtime
GOALOT 2:26
Goal! Batted
Alex Ovechkin
Alex Ovechkin Goal (2) Batted, assists: Anthony Beauvillier (1), Dylan Strome (3)
MTL 2 - 3 WSH
OT 2:22
Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Sam Montembeault
OT 2:20
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Alex Newhook
OT 2:13
Brandon Duhaime hit Lane Hutson
OT 1:50
Alex Newhook Snap Shot Above Crossbar
OT 1:33
Lars Eller faceoff won against Alex Newhook
OT 1:16
TO
Takeaway by Matt Roy
OT 0:36
Tom Wilson shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
OT 0:30
TO
Takeaway by Connor McMichael
OT 0:00
Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
Start of the overtime
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:05
Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Nic Dowd
P3 0:15
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
P3 0:23
Joel Armia Snap Shot Wide Left
P3 0:26
Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
P3 0:38
Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
P3 1:12
Juraj Slafkovský Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
P3 1:15
TO
Giveaway by Matt Roy
P3 1:17
TO
Giveaway by Cole Caufield
P3 1:29
Kaiden Guhle shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
P3 1:32
Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Matt Roy
P3 1:36
TO
Giveaway by Tom Wilson