National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 9, Montreal 2
Saturday, December 31, 2022 4:00 PM
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 TOI
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Chris Wideman D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 16:01
Brendan Gallagher RW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 10:34
Nick Suzuki C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 17:24
Josh Anderson RW 0 0 0 -3 2 3 16:06
Juraj Slafkovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12:28
Cole Caufield RW 2 0 2 -1 0 5 15:52
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 20:19
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 13:54
Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 16:24
Joel Armia RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:45
Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 21:57
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18:48
Jordan Harris D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 20:06
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10:29
Mike Hoffman LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 14:09
Jake Evans C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 13:52
Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 18:18
Kirby Dach C 0 1 1 E 0 4 17:26
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19:51
Alex Ovechkin LW 3 0 3 +2 2 5 19:31
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20:21
Sonny Milano LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 14:14
Dylan Strome C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 17:41
Lars Eller C 0 1 1 +1 2 5 14:59
Garnet Hathaway RW 1 0 1 +2 2 6 12:12
Nic Dowd C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 13:03
Anthony Mantha RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 14:13
Martin Fehervary D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 18:00
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 16:14
Erik Gustafsson D 1 2 3 +3 0 2 21:27
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 18:20
Aliaksei Protas C 0 2 2 +2 0 3 10:32
Conor Sheary LW 0 2 2 +2 0 1 13:36
Marcus Johansson LW 1 2 3 E 0 1 17:48
Joe Snively LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12:25
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 3 3 +2 0 1 18:49
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