Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Capitals

26-14-9, 61 PTS

5-2

Final

Canadiens

8-31-7, 23 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

WSH shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	11	8	4	23
MTL	10	18	16	44

In net

Ilya Samsonov42/44 SV, .955

Sam Montembeault8/8 SV, 1.000

Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	2	1	5
MTL	0	2	0	2

Who won: Capitals 5-2

The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Bell Centre. The Capitals lead the series 2-0. The Capitals outscored the Canadiens 2-0 in the 1st period. Joe Snively led the Capitals in goals (2). Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (1).

Recap · Feb 10

Capitals beat Canadiens 5-2, spoil debut of Martin St. Louis

The Martin St. Louis effect didn’t give the Montreal Canadiens their first win in more than three weeks, but Montreal’s new interim head coach liked the fight his new team gave him.

What it means

Season series: WSH leads series 2-0.
Capitals 14-5-4 on the road; Canadiens 5-15-1 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

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

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

Starting goalies

Capitals8th in Eastern Conference

Ilya Samsonov G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Canadiens11th in Eastern Conference

Cayden Primeau G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

WSH leads series 2-0

Last meeting: Capitals 0, Canadiens 0 (Jan 4)

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Game info

Venue: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada · Attendance 500
Officials: Kyle Rehman (Referee), Graham Skilliter (Referee), Brandon Gawryletz (Linesman), Julien Fournier (Linesman)