The Washington Capitals defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 9 to 2, on December 31, 2022.

Final

Canadiens

15-19-3

2

Capitals

21-13-5

9

Team

MTL

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

WSH

Erik Gustafsson (EV) assisted by Conor Sheary and Evgeny Kuznetsov

Garnet Hathaway (EV) assisted by Nic Dowd and Aliaksei Protas

2nd period

MTL

WSH

Cole Caufield (PP) assisted by Kirby Dach and Nick Suzuki

Nic Dowd (EV) assisted by Aliaksei Protas and Erik Gustafsson

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Lars Eller and Trevor van Riemsdyk

Cole Caufield (EV) unassisted

Dylan Strome (PP) assisted by Marcus Johansson and Evgeny Kuznetsov

3rd period

MTL

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Erik Gustafsson and Marcus Johansson

Marcus Johansson (EV) assisted by Martin Fehervary and Evgeny Kuznetsov

Anthony Mantha (EV) unassisted

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Conor Sheary

Canadiens

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jake Allen (L) J. Allen	0	1	0	40	31	.775	9	9.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	16:06
Joel Armia J. Armia	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	1	0	15:45
Justin Barron J. Barron	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	18:48
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	2	0	2	-1	0	1	0	5	40.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	15:52
Kirby Dach K. Dach	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.0	1	2	50.0	2	0	1	1	17:26
Jonathan Drouin J. Drouin	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	7	13	53.8	2	0	1	0	13:54
Christian Dvorak C. Dvorak	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		6	13	46.2	0	3	0	0	16:24
Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	4	0	0	21:57
Jake Evans J. Evans	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	0	0	1	0	13:52
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	10:34
Jordan Harris J. Harris	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	4	2	0	20:06
Mike Hoffman M. Hoffman	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	14:09
Johnathan Kovacevic J. Kovacevic	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	1	2	20:19
Michael Pezzetta M. Pezzetta	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	10:29
Juraj Slafkovsky J. Slafkovsky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	3	0	0	0	12:28
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	0.0	10	24	41.7	0	1	1	0	17:24
Chris Wideman C. Wideman	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	1	0	16:01
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		5	0	0	1	18:18

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Charlie Lindgren (W) C. Lindgren	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	9	19	47.4	3	2	0	1	13:03
Lars Eller L. Eller	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	5	0.0	9	16	56.3	1	1	0	0	14:59
Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	18:00
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	1	2	3	+3	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	1	0	2	21:27
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0		1	1	0	0	12:12
Matt Irwin M. Irwin	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	4	0	0	16:14
Nick Jensen N. Jensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	0	19:51
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	17:48
Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	1	0.0	6	12	50.0	0	0	2	2	18:49
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	14:13
Sonny Milano S. Milano	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	14:14
Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	1	20:21
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	3	0	3	+2	2	1	0	0	5	60.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	19:31
Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	2	0	0	0	10:32
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	1	0	0	0	13:36
Joe Snively J. Snively	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	12:25
Dylan Strome D. Strome	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	4	25.0	3	7	42.9	0	1	1	0	17:41
Trevor van Riemsdyk T. van Riemsdyk	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:20