National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Montreal 2
Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 31, 2012
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Francois St.Laurent
Linesmen: Matt MacPherson, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 11002
Washington 2001SO3
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:16 - Capitals Mathieu Perreault (EV) Assists: Alexander Semin , Karl Alzner
16:10 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Matt Hendricks , Mike Knuble
19:38 - Canadiens Erik Cole (EV) Assists: Max Pacioretty
Penalties
1:22 - Canadiens Frederic St. Denis (2) Tripping
 6:10 - Canadiens Peter Budaj (2) Delay of game
 13:45 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Slashing
 17:04 - Capitals Alexander Semin (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
14:31 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (EV) Assists: Andrei Markov , Frederic St. Denis
Penalties
3:48 - Capitals Dennis Wideman (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
1:34 - Capitals Dennis Wideman (2) Tripping
 4:45 - Canadiens P.K Subban (2) Hooking
 10:58 - Canadiens Tomas Plekanec (2) Hooking
 13:09 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Hooking
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Peter Budaj G 0 0 0 2 0 65:00
Carey Price G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Tomas Plekanec C 1 0 1 +1 4 5 18:55
Petteri Nokelainen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 4:42
Chris Campoli D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23:24
Brad Staubitz RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 5:32
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 25:39
Rene Bourque RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17:46
Michael Blunden RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:33
David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23:02
Blake Geoffrion LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:04
Aaron Palushaj RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 6:09
Frederic St. Denis D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 13:48
Max Pacioretty LW 0 1 1 -1 0 5 22:14
Louis LeBlanc RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 13:19
Erik Cole LW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 20:39
Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:50
P.K Subban D 0 0 0 +1 2 6 27:13
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 E 0 3 21:36
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 1 20:35
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 64:52
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 E 4 1 23:16
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 21:56
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19:40
Troy Brouwer RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:25
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19:49
Mike Knuble RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 8:46
Keith Aucoin RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13:11
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:52
Matt Hendricks C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 12:41
Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 22:05
Alexander Semin LW 0 1 1 +1 2 3 17:52
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:42
Mike Green D 0 0 0 E 0 3 24:26
John Carlson D 0 0 0 E 2 3 19:20
Dmitri Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:58
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 16:03
Mathieu Perreault C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 10:05
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:01
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Peter Budaj L (3-7-4) 33 31 2 .939 2 65:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michal Neuvirth W (13-13-5) 41 39 2 .951 0 64:52
Shootout
MON Score Score WAS
David Desharnais Matt Hendricks
Max Pacioretty Alexander Ovechkin
- N/A Alexander Semin
0 2