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Washington Capitals at Montreal Canadiens

NHLFebruary 28, 2026Bell Centre

CapitalsWashingtonWSH31-24-7

Capitals 2, Canadiens 6

Final
CanadiensMontrealMTLWon33-17-9
Score by period
Team123T
WSH1012
MTL2226

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  3. 0:25Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Cole Caufield
  4. 0:30Cole Caufield Goal (34) Snap Shot, assists: none
  5. 0:30Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  6. 0:50Josh Anderson hit Martin Fehervary
  7. 1:03Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  8. 1:13Kaiden Guhle Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  9. 1:51Alex Ovechkin hit Noah Dobson
  10. 2:01Oliver Kapanen Tip-In Wide Right
  11. 2:12Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  12. 2:16Zachary Bolduc hit Justin Sourdif
  13. 2:19Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  14. 2:21Justin Sourdif hit Juraj Slafkovský
  15. 2:55Aliaksei Protas hit Zachary Bolduc
  16. 3:53Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  17. 4:39Puck in Benches
  18. 4:39Juraj Slafkovský faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  19. 4:40Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  20. 4:46Juraj Slafkovský shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  21. 4:54Icing
  22. 4:54Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  23. 5:09Puck in Netting
  24. 5:09Alex Newhook faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  25. 5:19Icing
  26. 5:19Dylan Strome faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  27. 5:22Alex Ovechkin Tip-In saved by Jakub Dobes
  28. 5:39Puck in Netting
  29. 5:39Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jake Evans
  30. 5:54Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
  31. 6:01Icing
  32. 6:01Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  33. 6:04Noah Dobson Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  34. 6:06Goalie Stopped
  35. 6:06Brandon Duhaime Roughing against Kirby Dach
  36. 6:06TV Timeout
  37. 6:06Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  38. 7:03Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot Wide Right
  39. 7:41Nic Dowd Wrist Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  40. 8:13Brendan Gallagher hit Matt Roy
  41. 8:17Zachary Bolduc hit Jakob Chychrun
  42. 8:24Mike Matheson Holding against Brandon Duhaime
  43. 8:24Phillip Danault faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  44. 8:50Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  45. 9:02Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  46. 9:11Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  47. 9:13Goalie Stopped
  48. 9:13Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  49. 10:19Ethen Frank Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  50. 10:45Martin Fehervary Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  51. 10:46Goalie Stopped
  52. 10:46Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Jake Evans
  53. 11:07Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  54. 12:08Icing
  55. 12:08Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  56. 12:11Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Cole Caufield
  57. 12:29Martin Fehervary hit Nick Suzuki
  58. 12:48Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  59. 12:48Cole Caufield hit Declan Chisholm
  60. 12:52Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  61. 12:53Goalie Stopped
  62. 12:53Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  63. 12:54Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Right
  64. 13:07Takeaway by Noah Dobson
  65. 13:14Declan Chisholm Slap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  66. 13:16Alex Ovechkin Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5)
  67. 13:16Jake Evans faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  68. 13:30Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
  69. 13:57Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
  70. 14:14Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren
  71. 14:16Jayden Struble shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  72. 14:19Cole Caufield Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9)
  73. 14:19Phillip Danault faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  74. 14:45Brendan Gallagher hit Rasmus Sandin
  75. 14:52Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  76. 15:26Lane Hutson shot blocked by Ethen Frank
  77. 15:42Takeaway by Lane Hutson
  78. 15:52Cole Caufield Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  79. 15:54Goalie Stopped
  80. 15:54Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  81. 16:10Giveaway by Juraj Slafkovský
  82. 16:16Juraj Slafkovský hit Matt Roy
  83. 16:39Icing
  84. 16:39Jake Evans faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  85. 16:43Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  86. 16:44Goalie Stopped
  87. 16:44Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  88. 18:01Giveaway by Noah Dobson
  89. 18:10Nic Dowd hit Lane Hutson
  90. 18:14Nic Dowd hit Nick Suzuki
  91. 18:26Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  92. 18:29Mike Matheson shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  93. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  3. 0:21Icing
  4. 0:21Dylan Strome faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  5. 0:30Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 0:32Dylan Strome Snap Shot Wide Right
  7. 0:33Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  8. 0:37Martin Fehervary hit Brendan Gallagher
  9. 0:41Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  10. 1:03Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Left
  11. 1:05Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:05Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  13. 1:21Declan Chisholm hit Kirby Dach
  14. 1:30Nick Suzuki shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  15. 1:54Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  16. 1:59Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Nick Suzuki
  17. 2:29Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  18. 2:42Oliver Kapanen Snap Shot Wide Right
  19. 3:03Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  20. 3:05Giveaway by Ethen Frank
  21. 3:19Giveaway by Alex Newhook
  22. 3:36Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  23. 3:42Icing
  24. 3:42Jake Evans faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  25. 3:56Alex Newhook shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  26. 4:32Anthony Beauvillier shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  27. 4:39Giveaway by Phillip Danault
  28. 5:16Tom Wilson hit Mike Matheson
  29. 5:22Giveaway by Kaiden Guhle
  30. 5:27Nick Suzuki Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  31. 5:30Goalie Stopped
  32. 5:30Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  33. 5:32Alexandre Carrier Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  34. 5:34Goalie Stopped
  35. 5:34Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Oliver Kapanen
  36. 5:41Ryan Leonard Tip-In Wide Right
  37. 5:46Pierre-Luc Dubois Tip-In Above Crossbar
  38. 6:00Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  39. 6:01Goalie Stopped
  40. 6:01Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  41. 6:07Giveaway by Ethen Frank
  42. 7:34Dylan Strome shot blocked by Zachary Bolduc
  43. 8:50Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Right
  44. 8:53Goalie Stopped
  45. 8:53Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  46. 9:26Noah Dobson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  47. 9:26Oliver Kapanen shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  48. 9:59Giveaway by Lane Hutson
  49. 10:09Ryan Leonard Roughing - Removing opponent's helmet against Kaiden Guhle
  50. 10:09TV Timeout
  51. 10:09Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  52. 10:20Nick Suzuki Snap Shot Wide Left
  53. 10:27Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  54. 11:04Ivan Demidov Snap Shot Wide Right
  55. 11:39Ivan Demidov Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  56. 11:43Cole Caufield shot blocked by Matt Roy
  57. 11:49Juraj Slafkovský Tip-In High and Wide Left
  58. 11:57Cole Caufield Tip-In Short
  59. 12:22Mike Matheson Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8)
  60. 12:22Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  61. 12:34Zachary Bolduc hit Rasmus Sandin
  62. 12:45Noah Dobson shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  63. 12:50Zachary Bolduc Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  64. 12:52Goalie Stopped
  65. 12:52Josh Anderson faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  66. 13:03Connor McMichael hit Alexandre Carrier
  67. 13:29Giveaway by Brendan Gallagher
  68. 14:00Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Right
  69. 14:02Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  70. 14:38Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Lane Hutson
  71. 14:39Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Right
  72. 14:42Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  73. 14:43Goalie Stopped
  74. 14:43Dylan Strome faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  75. 14:49Kaiden Guhle hit Anthony Beauvillier
  76. 15:13Kaiden Guhle Backhand Wide Left
  77. 15:49Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Alexandre Carrier
  78. 15:51Puck in Netting
  79. 15:51Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  80. 15:55Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  81. 16:23Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  82. 16:33Pierre-Luc Dubois hit Kirby Dach
  83. 16:34Kirby Dach Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (49)
  84. 16:34Dylan Strome faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  85. 16:43Phillip Danault shot blocked by Brendan Gallagher
  86. 16:53Lane Hutson Snap Shot Wide Left
  87. 16:55Goalie Stopped
  88. 16:55Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  89. 17:17Brendan Gallagher Slashing against Declan Chisholm
  90. 17:17Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jake Evans
  91. 17:30Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  92. 17:32Jake Evans Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  93. 17:32Alex Ovechkin hit Jake Evans
  94. 19:10Ethen Frank hit Alexandre Carrier
  95. 19:26Icing
  96. 19:26Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  97. 19:38Puck in Crowd
  98. 19:38Nic Dowd faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  99. 19:48Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In Wide Right
  100. 19:58Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  101. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Connor McMichael faceoff won against Jake Evans
  3. 0:30Puck Frozen - Goalie
  4. 0:30Jake Evans faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  5. 0:45Matt Roy Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  6. 1:05Martin Fehervary hit Brendan Gallagher
  7. 1:32Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  8. 1:36Mike Matheson hit Nic Dowd
  9. 2:05Giveaway by Kirby Dach
  10. 2:09Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
  11. 2:45Alexandre Carrier Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  12. 3:08Oliver Kapanen shot blocked by Matt Roy
  13. 3:15Off-side
  14. 3:15Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  15. 3:31Kaiden Guhle hit Ryan Leonard
  16. 3:34Icing
  17. 3:34Connor McMichael faceoff won against Alex Newhook
  18. 4:20Alex Newhook shot blocked by Matt Roy
  19. 4:24Tom Wilson hit Alex Newhook
  20. 4:46Takeaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  21. 4:48Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  22. 5:28Kirby Dach shot blocked by Josh Anderson
  23. 5:41Rasmus Sandin hit Nick Suzuki
  24. 5:57Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  25. 6:00Puck in Netting
  26. 6:00Nic Dowd Cross-checking against Kirby Dach
  27. 6:00Kirby Dach Roughing against Nic Dowd
  28. 6:00Alex Newhook faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  29. 6:07Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  30. 6:08Goalie Stopped
  31. 6:08Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  32. 6:44Giveaway by Nick Suzuki
  33. 6:47Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  34. 7:46Martin Fehérváry Tip-In Wide Left
  35. 7:51Noah Dobson Tripping against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  36. 7:51Phillip Danault faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  37. 9:25Giveaway by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  38. 9:42Connor McMichael Deflected saved by Jakub Dobes
  39. 9:43Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  40. 9:44Ethen Frank Snap Shot Wide Right
  41. 9:46Goalie Stopped
  42. 9:46Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  43. 9:50Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  44. 10:06Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  45. 10:32Ivan Demidov Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  46. 10:37Takeaway by Matt Roy
  47. 10:43Puck in Crowd
  48. 10:43Phillip Danault faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  49. 10:49Josh Anderson hit Nic Dowd
  50. 10:56Takeaway by Phillip Danault
  51. 11:15Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  52. 11:46Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  53. 12:12Alex Ovechkin Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10)
  54. 12:12Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  55. 12:36Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  56. 12:49Tom Wilson hit Cole Caufield
  57. 13:08Pierre-Luc Dubois hit Mike Matheson
  58. 13:12Ryan Leonard hit Nick Suzuki
  59. 13:22Jayden Struble hit Ryan Leonard
  60. 13:31Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  61. 13:33Connor McMichael Holding against Ivan Demidov
  62. 13:33Timeout - Home
  63. 13:33Nic Dowd faceoff won against Nick Suzuki
  64. 13:59Nick Suzuki Slap Shot Wide Right
  65. 14:05Juraj Slafkovský Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  66. 14:07Goalie Stopped
  67. 14:07Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  68. 14:23Lane Hutson shot blocked by Anthony Beauvillier
  69. 14:27Ivan Demidov shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  70. 14:33Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  71. 15:49Martin Fehervary hit Kirby Dach
  72. 15:51Giveaway by Matt Roy
  73. 16:03Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  74. 16:23Giveaway by Josh Anderson
  75. 16:32Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  76. 16:34Goalie Stopped
  77. 16:34Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Phillip Danault
  78. 16:44Nick Suzuki Goal (19) Backhand, assists: none
  79. 16:44Phillip Danault faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  80. 16:47Giveaway by Mike Matheson
  81. 17:16Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes
  82. 17:37Alexandre Carrier Holding the stick against Brandon Duhaime
  83. 17:37Phillip Danault faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  84. 17:59Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jake Evans
  85. 18:05Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Kaiden Guhle
  86. 18:11Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jake Evans
  87. 18:28Dylan Strome shot blocked by Tom Wilson
  88. 18:29Tom Wilson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  89. 18:35Jake Evans Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  90. 18:35Oliver Kapanen faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  91. 18:36Mike Matheson Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  92. 19:22Justin Sourdif Snap Shot Wide Right
  93. 19:29Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  94. 19:42Puck in Benches
  95. 19:42Jake Evans faceoff won against Nic Dowd
  96. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  97. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 0:30WSH 0, MTL 1Cole Caufield Goal (34) Snap Shot, assists: none
  2. 13:16WSH 1, MTL 1Alex Ovechkin Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5)
  3. 14:19WSH 1, MTL 2Cole Caufield Goal (35) Backhand, assists: Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9)

2nd

  1. 12:22WSH 1, MTL 3Mike Matheson Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8)
  2. 16:34WSH 1, MTL 4Kirby Dach Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (49)

3rd

  1. 12:12WSH 2, MTL 4Alex Ovechkin Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10)
  2. 16:44WSH 2, MTL 5Nick Suzuki Goal (19) Backhand, assists: none
  3. 18:35WSH 2, MTL 6Jake Evans Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

CapitalsWashington

CanadiensMontreal

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Alex Ovechkin LW20-2020015:300.0600001018248:376:530:00
Aliaksei Protas C000010018:050.03001010212014:350:053:25
Anthony Beauvillier LW020001012:420.00100010201211:410:020:59
Brandon Duhaime RW00-1000210:430.010011001949:411:020:00
Connor McMichael C00-1010215:0940.0332010024810:531:462:30
Dylan Strome C010001016:0738.53850010201610:295:090:29
Ethen Frank C00-1011011:300.0100201017118:432:470:00
Justin Sourdif RW00-1010012:4337.50530010171211:131:300:00
Nic Dowd C00-1021214:4853.8167010022412:080:062:34
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW00-4020018:2271.43410102024314:363:420:04
Ryan Leonard RW00-2010215:090.01001110191010:154:540:00
Tom Wilson RW00-3030019:160.01000010232313:343:441:58
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Declan Chisholm D011010013:0010030000.017112:001:000:00
Jakob Chychrun D00-5000023:2020030220.0262216:335:520:55
Martin Fehervary D000043021:2810000100.025417:520:023:34
Matt Roy D00-2003020:5810010010.022116:330:024:23
Rasmus Sandin D00-2012019:0600010000.024316:221:111:33
Trevor van Riemsdyk D002001015:1210000010.020212:341:021:36
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Charlie Lindgren G23419.82658:5200143200

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