Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

11-8-2, 5-4-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	4	3	8
Canadiens MTL	1	2	1	4

Montreal CanadiensCanadiensMTL

10-7-3, 5-5-1 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Anthony BeauvillierA. Beauvillier#72
Brandon DuhaimeB. Duhaime#22
Ethen FrankE. Frank#53
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Ryan LeonardR. Leonard#9
Connor McMichaelC. McMichael#24
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Justin SourdifJ. Sourdif#34
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Jakob ChychrunJ. Chychrun#6
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Dylan McIlrathD. McIlrath#52
Matt RoyM. Roy#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	21	15:15	0:00	1:14	14:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	12:02	0:00	0:00	12:02	0	0	0.0
2	2	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	8:51	1:34	0:00	7:17	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6:49	0:00	0:00	6:49	1	4	20.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	21	15:29	1:43	0:00	13:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	17:57	0:59	3:10	13:48	7	10	41.2
2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6:39	0:00	0:00	6:39	0	0	0.0
3	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	22	15:35	3:28	0:00	12:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	19:46	0:00	2:07	17:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	3	0	1	2	1	1	1	22	15:47	0:00	0:08	15:39	3	7	30.0
0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	18:59	4:16	0:07	14:36	12	9	57.1
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	26	20:26	3:31	2:16	14:39	2	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	23:56	3:32	2:47	17:37	0	0	0.0
1	0	3	5	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	24	22:26	3:41	0:06	18:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	25	20:10	0:00	2:44	17:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	14	11:30	0:00	0:07	11:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	25	19:51	0:00	1:43	18:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	4	5	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	24	20:38	1:44	1:39	17:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Charlie LindgrenC. Lindgren#79

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
28	4	24	.857	21	3	0	0	0	60:00	0

Montreal Canadiens


forwards
Josh AndersonJ. Anderson#17
Zack BolducZ. Bolduc#76
Cole CaufieldC. Caufield#13
Jared DavidsonJ. Davidson#49
Ivan DemidovI. Demidov#93
Jake EvansJ. Evans#71
Brendan GallagherB. Gallagher#11
Oliver KapanenO. Kapanen#91
Joshua RoyJ. Roy#89
Juraj SlafkovskyJ. Slafkovsky#20
Nick SuzukiN. Suzuki#14
Joe VelenoJ. Veleno#90
defensemen
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Noah DobsonN. Dobson#53
Lane HutsonL. Hutson#48
Mike MathesonM. Matheson#8
Jayden StrubleJ. Struble#47
Arber XhekajA. Xhekaj#72

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	4	0	0	18	14:19	0:08	1:37	12:34	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	20	17:16	2:45	0:00	14:31	1	0	100.0
0	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	18:25	3:12	0:00	15:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	9:33	0:00	0:00	9:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	15:07	1:40	0:00	13:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	12:19	0:14	4:14	7:51	6	4	60.0
1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	13:45	1:28	0:00	12:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	12:27	1:23	0:58	10:06	4	8	33.3
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	13	9:54	0:16	0:00	9:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	16	15:27	2:52	0:00	12:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	20:57	3:40	0:38	16:39	9	8	52.9
1	0	-1	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	19	17:00	0:00	1:15	15:45	9	5	64.3
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	20	19:34	0:04	3:53	15:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	-3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	25	26:15	1:20	3:45	21:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	21:44	3:08	0:39	17:57	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	24	22:34	0:19	1:15	21:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	12:41	0:11	0:00	12:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	13:28	0:00	0:59	12:29	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jakub DobesJ. Dobes#75
Sam MontembeaultS. Montembeault#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	4	21	.840	21	0	0	0	0	35:48	0
10	3	7	.700	5	2	0	0	0	22:50	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	4	3	8
	Canadiens	1	2	1	4

1st Period			WSH	MTL
1:00		Alex Ovechkin (8) (Power Play) Assists: Dylan Strome (13)	1	0
15:47		Brendan Gallagher (1) (Power Play) Assists: Noah Dobson (12), Ivan Demidov (11)	1	1

2nd Period		WSH	MTL
2:00	Ethen Frank (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (10), Dylan Strome (14)	2	1
3:38	Ethen Frank (2) Assists: Aliaksei Protas (7), Hendrix Lapierre (3)	3	1
7:53	Joe Veleno (1) Assists: Mike Matheson (8), Brendan Gallagher (8)	3	2
14:26	Jakob Chychrun (5) Assists: John Carlson (14)	4	2
15:04	Nick Suzuki (5) Assists: Alexandre Carrier (6), Zack Bolduc (3)	4	3
17:25	Sonny Milano (2) Assists: Ethen Frank (4), Rasmus Sandin (5)	5	3

3rd Period		WSH	MTL
5:37	Mike Matheson (4) Assists: Cole Caufield (8), Lane Hutson (15)	5	4
16:03	Alex Ovechkin (9) Assists: Dylan Strome (15)	6	4
17:56	Alex Ovechkin (10) (Empty Net) Assists: John Carlson (15)	7	4
18:34	Sonny Milano (3) Assists: Ethen Frank (5), Hendrix Lapierre (4)	8	4

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
8
Canadiens
4

Game 1

11/20

Canadiens
Capitals

Game 2

1/13

Capitals
Canadiens

Game 3

2/28

Bell Centre

7:00 PM, November 20, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Montreal, QC

Attendance: 20,962

Referees:
Jake Brenk
Corey Syvret

Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Jonathan Deschamps

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	13	5	2	28
New Jersey	13	6	1	27
NY Islanders	12	7	2	26
Pittsburgh	10	6	4	24
Washington	11	8	2	24
Columbus	11	8	2	24
Philadelphia	10	6	3	23
NY Rangers	10	10	2	22

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	12	8	1	25
Tampa Bay	11	7	2	24
Ottawa	10	6	4	24
Boston	12	10	0	24
Florida	11	8	1	23
Montreal	10	7	3	23
Toronto	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	8	9	4	20

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Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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