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Sat, Mar 31

Final (S0) 1 2 3 SO T
Montreal 1 1 0 0 2
Washington 2 0 0 3

Verizon Center - Washington

Montreal Canadiens (29-35-15)
2
Washington Capitals (40-31-8)
3

Team Statistics

Team SOG PPG/PPO PIM FOW GvA TkA Hits BkS
Montreal Canadiens 41 0/4 10 28 9 7 21 20
Washington Capitals 33 0/5 8 38 17 11 26 16
Legend

Stats Legend

SOG
Shots on goal
PPG/PPO
Power-play goals per power-play opportunities
PIM
Penalty minutes
FOW
Faceoffs won
GvA
Giveaways
TkA
Takeaways
BkS
Blocked shots
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Game Summary

1st Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail MON WAS
4:16 WAS Mathieu Perreault (15): Assisted by A. Semin (31), K. Alzner (15) 0 1
16:10 WAS Jay Beagle (3): Assisted by M. Hendricks (5), M. Knuble (12) 0 2
19:38 MON Erik Cole (32): Assisted by M. Pacioretty (30) 1 2
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
1:22 MON Frederic St. Denis: 2 minutes for Tripping
6:10 MON Peter Budaj: 2 minutes for Delay of Game
13:45 MON Tomas Plekanec: 2 minutes for Slashing
17:04 WAS Alexander Semin: 2 minutes for Roughing

2nd Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail MON WAS
14:31 MON Tomas Plekanec (16): Assisted by A. Markov (2), F. St. Denis (2) 2 2
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
3:48 WAS Dennis Wideman: 2 minutes for Interference

3rd Period

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail MON WAS
    No Scoring 2 2
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
1:34 WAS Dennis Wideman: 2 minutes for Tripping
4:45 MON P.K. Subban: 2 minutes for Hooking
10:58 MON Tomas Plekanec: 2 minutes for Hooking
13:09 WAS John Carlson: 2 minutes for Hooking

Overtime

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail MON WAS
    No Scoring 2 2
Period Penalties
Time Team Penalty Detail
    No Penalties

Shootout

Period Scoring
Time Team Scoring Detail MON WAS
- MON David Desharnais: attempt saved by Michal Neuvirth 0 1
- WAS Matt Hendricks: goal scored on Peter Budaj 0 1
- MON Max Pacioretty: attempt saved by Michal Neuvirth 0 1
- WAS Alex Ovechkin: attempt saved by Peter Budaj 0 1
- WAS Alexander Semin: goal scored on Peter Budaj 0 2

Goalie Summary

Montreal SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
P. Budaj 33 2 31 .939 65:00
Washington SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
M. Neuvirth 41 2 39 .951 64:52
Legend

Stats Legend

SA
Shots against
GA
Goals against
Sv
Saves
Sv%
Save percentage
TOI
Time on ice
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Skater Summary

Montreal G A PPG +/- PIM SOG Hits BkS GvA TkA FOW FOL FO% TOI
M. Blunden, RW 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 13:33
R. Bourque, LW 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 17:46
P. Budaj, G 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 65:00
C. Campoli, D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 23:24
E. Cole, RW 1 0 0 -1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 100.0 20:39
D. Desharnais, C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 0 8 12 40.0 23:02
L. Eller, C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 9 12 42.9 20:35
A. Emelin, D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 - 18:50
B. Geoffrion, C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 13:04
J. Gorges, D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 - 25:39
L. Leblanc, C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 13:19
A. Markov, D 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 21:36
P. Nokelainen, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 100.0 4:42
M. Pacioretty, LW 0 1 0 -1 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 - 22:14
A. Palushaj, RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 6:09
T. Plekanec, C 1 0 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 2 9 14 39.1 18:55
F. St. Denis, D 0 1 0 -1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 - 13:48
B. Staubitz, RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5:32
P. Subban, D 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 3 3 1 0 0 - 27:13
Washington G A PPG +/- PIM SOG Hits BkS GvA TkA FOW FOL FO% TOI
K. Alzner, D 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 - 22:05
K. Aucoin, C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 33.3 13:11
N. Backstrom, C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 1 12 6 66.7 19:40
J. Beagle, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 5 37.5 16:03
T. Brouwer, RW 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 50.0 17:25
J. Carlson, D 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 - 19:20
J. Chimera, LW 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 12:52
M. Green, D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 24:26
R. Hamrlik, D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 - 20:42
M. Hendricks, C 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 80.0 12:41
M. Johansson, C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0.0 19:01
M. Knuble, RW 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 8:46
B. Laich, C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 7 6 53.8 19:49
M. Neuvirth, G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 64:52
D. Orlov, D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 12:58
A. Ovechkin, LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 - 21:56
M. Perreault, C 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 9 4 69.2 10:05
A. Semin, RW 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 - 17:52
D. Wideman, D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 23:16
Legend

Stats Legend

G
Goals
A
Assists
PPG
Power-play goals
+/-
Plus-minus rating
PIM
Penalty minutes
SOG
Shots on goal
BkS
Blocked shots
GvA
Giveaways
TkA
Takeaways
FOW
Faceoffs won
FOL
Faceoffs lost
FO%
Faceoff win percentage
TOI
Time on ice
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Shots on Goal

Team 1 2 3 Total
Montreal Canadiens 9 14 13 41
Washington Capitals 12 10 11 33

Game Information

Attendance: 18,506
Referees: Francois St. Laurent, Mike Hasenfratz
Linesmen Matt MacPherson, Pierre Racicot
Arena: Verizon Center
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Data provided by STATS LLC.

Three Stars

  1. Photo of Michal Neuvirth Michal Neuvirth Washington Capitals - G

    SV SV% GA
    39 .951 2

  2. Photo of Jay Beagle Jay Beagle Washington - C

    G A SOG
    1 0 1

  3. Photo of Erik Cole Erik Cole Montreal - RW

    G A SOG
    1 0 4

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