National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 6, Washington 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 6, 2023
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Michael Markovic
Linesmen: Julien Fournier, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 1012
Montreal 0426
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:30 - Capitals Dylan Strome (EV) Assists: Nick Jensen , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
10:27 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Instigating
 10:27 - Canadiens Michael Pezzetta (5) Fighting
 10:27 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 10:27 - Capitals Tom Wilson (10) Misconduct
 12:26 - Canadiens Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
3:42 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (SH) Assists: Joel Edmundson , Mike Matheson
7:52 - Canadiens Joel Armia (SH) Assists: Mike Matheson , Jake Evans
9:23 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (EV) Assists: Jonathan Drouin
11:15 - Canadiens Joel Armia (EV) Assists: Mike Matheson , Nick Suzuki
Penalties
2:25 - Canadiens Michael Pezzetta (2) Interference
 6:59 - Canadiens Joel Edmundson (2) Hooking
 12:43 - Capitals Sonny Milano (2) Hooking
 15:45 - Capitals Sonny Milano (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
14:27 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (PP) Assists: Dylan Strome , John Carlson
16:58 - Canadiens Joel Armia (EV) (EN) Assists: Rafael Harvey-Pinard
19:42 - Canadiens Mike Hoffman (EV) Assists: Jake Evans
Penalties
1:02 - Canadiens Chris Wideman (2) Roughing
 13:10 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) Goaltender interference
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 58:02 43:12 8:51 5:59 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 21 19:02 15:07 0:01 3:54 0 0 1 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 -2 0 1 20 21:50 12:48 9:02 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Sonny Milano LW 0 0 0 -1 4 2 12 10:06 10:06 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Smith RW 0 0 0 -1 0 5 24 18:48 14:35 4:13 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dylan Strome C 1 1 2 -2 0 2 18 16:10 10:12 5:58 0:00 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 22 19:53 13:02 6:51 0:00 1 0 1 1 6 11 35
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 17:24 13:35 0:07 3:42 0 0 3 2 9 8 53
Alexander Alexeyev D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:01 13:30 0:13 2:18 0 0 - 2 - - -
Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 17:50 14:33 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 18:41 14:57 0:00 3:44 0 0 1 5 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 17 1 18 17:34 11:17 3:32 2:45 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 13:37 11:45 0:00 1:52 0 0 1 2 - - -
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 24 16:34 15:14 1:19 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 26 20:01 14:25 2:23 3:13 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
John Carlson D 0 1 1 -4 0 4 24 24:18 18:06 6:02 0:10 0 0 3 3 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 25 18:45 12:48 3:40 2:17 0 0 1 - 7 8 47
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 13 9:24 9:17 0:07 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cayden Primeau G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 59:16 44:01 5:59 9:16 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Wideman D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 19 13:59 13:53 0:00 0:06 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 3 3 +4 0 5 22 25:45 15:02 4:19 6:24 0 0 - 4 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 16 11:58 9:58 2:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 19 18:25 11:01 4:19 3:05 0 1 - - 12 9 57
Denis Gurianov RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 13:39 11:33 1:59 0:07 0 0 - - - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 +1 0 6 20 20:40 16:04 0:05 4:31 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 15:07 12:58 1:59 0:10 0 0 - - 3 8 27
Rem Pitlick C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 16:04 14:33 1:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Joel Armia RW 3 0 3 +2 0 3 19 17:21 11:06 4:01 2:14 0 1 1 - - - -
Joel Edmundson D 0 1 1 E 2 0 22 22:46 17:57 0:08 4:41 0 0 1 5 - - -
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 18 16:50 10:13 3:59 2:38 0 0 1 1 - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 18 17:23 13:20 1:32 2:31 0 0 2 1 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 E 7 2 13 9:28 9:15 0:00 0:13 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Jesse Ylonen RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:22 8:00 0:00 2:22 0 0 - - - - -
Corey Schueneman D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 15 13:33 13:14 0:00 0:19 0 0 2 1 - - -
Chris Tierney C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:56 8:54 0:00 4:02 0 0 - 1 7 2 78
Mike Hoffman LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 17 18:10 14:03 4:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Evans C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 20 17:05 13:24 0:00 3:41 0 0 - 1 12 8 60
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Darcy Kuemper L (22-26-7) 31 26 5 .839 0 58:02
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (16-19-3) 26 24 2 .923 0 59:16