National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 9, Montreal 2
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2022
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: David Brisebois, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0202
Washington 2349
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:32 - Capitals Erik Gustafsson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Conor Sheary
4:32 - Capitals Garnet Hathaway (EV) Assists: Aliaksei Protas , Nic Dowd
Penalties
11:20 - Canadiens Josh Anderson (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
4:02 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (PP) Assists: Nick Suzuki , Kirby Dach
8:31 - Capitals Nic Dowd (EV) Assists: Aliaksei Protas , Erik Gustafsson
9:06 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk , Lars Eller
12:39 - Canadiens Cole Caufield (EV) Unassisted
19:21 - Capitals Dylan Strome (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Marcus Johansson
Penalties
2:54 - Capitals Martin Fehervary (2) Hooking
 2:54 - Canadiens Christian Dvorak (2) Holding
 3:18 - Capitals Lars Eller (2) High sticking
 8:31 - Canadiens Johnathan Kovacevic (2) Roughing
 8:31 - Capitals Garnet Hathaway (2) Roughing
 17:41 - Canadiens Chris Wideman (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:22 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Erik Gustafsson , Marcus Johansson
5:31 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Martin Fehervary
15:43 - Capitals Anthony Mantha (EV) Unassisted
16:35 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Conor Sheary
Penalties
0:54 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (2) Tripping
 5:31 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
 7:18 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) High sticking
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:34 2:31 5:55 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Wideman D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 20 16:01 16:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 12 10:34 9:38 0:56 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 20 17:24 15:01 1:49 0:34 0 0 - 1 10 14 42
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -3 2 3 21 16:06 14:36 0:51 0:39 0 0 2 - - - -
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 12:28 11:46 0:42 0:00 0 0 3 - 1 0 100
Cole Caufield RW 2 0 2 -1 0 5 19 15:52 14:14 1:38 0:00 1 0 1 - - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 25 20:19 16:40 0:00 3:39 0 0 3 - - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 17 13:54 13:04 0:50 0:00 0 0 2 - 7 6 54
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 21 16:24 11:49 0:57 3:38 0 0 - 3 6 7 46
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 15:45 11:43 0:00 4:02 0 0 1 - - - -
Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 27 21:57 16:56 0:00 5:01 0 0 - 4 - - -
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 18:48 16:30 0:00 2:18 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 25 20:06 19:12 0:00 0:54 0 0 - 4 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 10:29 9:43 0:00 0:46 0 0 2 1 - - -
Mike Hoffman LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 18 14:09 12:38 1:31 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 13:52 11:43 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - 5 3 62
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 23 18:18 17:25 0:53 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Kirby Dach C 0 1 1 E 0 4 20 17:26 15:42 1:44 0:00 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:34 5:55 2:31 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 19:51 18:28 0:00 1:23 0 0 3 2 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 3 0 3 +2 2 5 23 19:31 13:36 5:55 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 20:21 19:11 1:10 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Sonny Milano LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 18 14:14 13:20 0:54 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Dylan Strome C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19 17:41 12:39 5:02 0:00 1 0 - 1 3 4 43
Lars Eller C 0 1 1 +1 2 5 21 14:59 14:13 0:00 0:46 0 0 1 1 9 7 56
Garnet Hathaway RW 1 0 1 +2 2 6 18 12:12 11:32 0:00 0:40 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nic Dowd C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 21 13:03 11:40 0:00 1:23 0 0 3 2 9 10 47
Anthony Mantha RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 19 14:13 13:20 0:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 22 18:00 16:52 0:00 1:08 0 0 1 1 - - -
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 20 16:14 15:07 0:00 1:07 0 0 4 4 - - -
Erik Gustafsson D 1 2 3 +3 0 2 25 21:27 16:42 4:45 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 24 18:20 16:55 0:00 1:25 0 0 - - - - -
Aliaksei Protas C 0 2 2 +2 0 3 15 10:32 10:32 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 1 75
Conor Sheary LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 19 13:36 12:03 0:53 0:40 0 0 1 - 1 2 33
Marcus Johansson LW 1 2 3 E 0 1 19 17:48 12:21 5:01 0:26 0 0 - - - - -
Joe Snively LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16 12:25 12:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 3 3 +2 0 1 19 18:49 13:25 5:02 0:22 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jake Allen L (15-24-3) 40 31 9 .775 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Charlie Lindgren W (13-11-3) 33 31 2 .939 0 60:00