National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Washington 4,
Montreal 1
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, January 9, 2017
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Jean Hebert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Devin Berg
Attendance: 21288
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Jean Hebert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Devin Berg
Attendance: 21288
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Montreal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
11:03 -
Capitals Nicklas Backstrom
(EV) Assists:
Alex Ovechkin
, Karl Alzner
|
| Penalties |
| None. |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
| No Scoring. |
| Penalties |
|
8:03 -
Canadiens Bobby Farnham
(2)
Interference 10:48 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) Tripping |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
7:18 -
Canadiens Tomas Plekanec
(PP) Assists:
Paul Byron
, Artturi Lehkonen
8:12 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Justin Williams 11:00 - Capitals Brett Connolly (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov 16:36 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Marcus Johansson |
| Penalties |
|
0:24 -
Capitals Bench
(2)
Too many men on ice 5:19 - Capitals Lars Eller (2) Interference 11:56 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) High sticking 16:04 - Canadiens Alexander Radulov (2) Hooking |
Washington Capitals
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Philipp Grubauer | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Braden Holtby | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 49:29 | 2:32 | 7:59 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Matt Niskanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 26 | 23:06 | 17:30 | 0:47 | 4:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Alex Ovechkin | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 15:20 | 13:35 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 23 | 19:34 | 18:47 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Brett Connolly | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13:28 | 12:41 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Williams | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19:32 | 17:29 | 1:45 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 15:25 | 13:13 | 1:45 | 0:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 50 |
| Lars Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17:03 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 62 |
| Daniel Winnik | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16:31 | 11:41 | 0:00 | 4:50 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20:26 | 17:21 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Tom Wilson | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10:22 | 7:21 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 23 | 20:12 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 4:54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10:48 | 10:01 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 20:58 | 16:03 | 1:45 | 3:10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Jay Beagle | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12:26 | 8:24 | 0:00 | 4:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 56 |
| Liam OBrien | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6:08 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nate Schmidt | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13:59 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marcus Johansson | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18:21 | 16:36 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18:23 | 17:36 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 11 | 31 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Carey Price | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:36 | 49:05 | 7:59 | 2:32 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Al Montoya | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Shea Weber | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25:11 | 17:48 | 5:38 | 1:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 0 | 5 | 25 | 18:15 | 13:54 | 2:42 | 1:39 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 9 | 53 |
| Torrey Mitchell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11:41 | 10:48 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 67 |
| Phillip Danault | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17:00 | 15:59 | 1:01 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 47 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 23:52 | 20:44 | 2:21 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 27:50 | 21:25 | 5:38 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Brian Flynn | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13:16 | 12:39 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11:09 | 7:56 | 3:13 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 50 |
| Nikita Scherbak | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11:02 | 9:16 | 1:46 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Byron | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17:08 | 12:35 | 2:38 | 1:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Sven Andrighetto | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10:56 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bobby Farnham | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7:31 | 7:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Barberio | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13:56 | 11:35 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Alexander Radulov | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 22:14 | 16:47 | 5:27 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16:03 | 14:21 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Max Pacioretty | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21:37 | 16:09 | 5:28 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alexei Emelin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 19:42 | 17:57 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ryan Johnston | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9:29 | 9:29 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| Washington | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Braden Holtby W (19-8-4) | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 0 | 60:00 |
| Montreal | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Carey Price L (20-6-4) | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 0 | 59:36 |