Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Capitals

34-35-9, 77 PTS

2-6

Final

Canadiens

31-42-6, 68 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

WSH shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	6	8	12	26
MTL	13	12	7	32

In net

Darcy Kuemper26/31 SV, .839

Sam Montembeault24/26 SV, .923

Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2
MTL	0	4	2	6

Who won: Canadiens 6-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Bell Centre. The Capitals win the series 2-1. The Canadiens outscored the Capitals 4-0 in the 2nd period. Joel Armia led the Canadiens in goals (3). Dylan Strome led the Capitals in goals (1).

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What it means

Season series: WSH wins series 2-1.
Capitals 17-20-3 on the road; Canadiens 17-20-3 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Capitals4th in Metropolitan Division

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

Canadiens6th in Atlantic Division

Florian Xhekaj LW
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Bryce Pickford D
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Ivan Demidov RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Oliver Kapanen C
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Sam Montembeault G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Capitals4th in Metropolitan Division

Darcy Kuemper G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Canadiens6th in Atlantic Division

Sam Montembeault G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

WSH wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Capitals 9, Canadiens 2 (Dec 31)

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Game info

Venue: Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada · Attendance 21,105
Officials: Peter MacDougall (Referee), Michael Markovic (Referee), Mark Shewchyk (Linesman), Julien Fournier (Linesman)