WSH
WSH
Washington Capitals
42-30-9 · W3 · L10: 7-3-0
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
OT
W
Final
2—6
2026-02-28 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
OT
W
OT
W
W
W
L
L
W
W
MTL dominated expected goals 4.4 to 3.6

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
WSH xG
3.61
ACTUAL
2 — 6
MTL xG
4.39

Scoring Timeline

0.13
HIGH xG
MTL1P 00:30Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(34)
R · MTL · #13
WSH 0 - 1 MTL
0.30
HIGH xG
WSH1P 13:16Even Strength
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(23)
L · WSH · #8
Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5)
WSH 1 - 1 MTL
0.23
HIGH xG
MTL1P 14:19Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(35)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9)
WSH 1 - 2 MTL
0.13
HIGH xG
MTL2P 12:22Even Strength
Mike Matheson
8
Mike Matheson(6)
D · MTL · #8
Zack Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8)
WSH 1 - 3 MTL
0.04
MED xG
MTL2P 16:34Even Strength
Kirby Dach
77
Kirby Dach(8)
C · MTL · #77
Nick Suzuki (49)
WSH 1 - 4 MTL
0.16
HIGH xG
WSH3P 12:12Even Strength
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(24)
L · WSH · #8
Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10)
WSH 2 - 4 MTL
1.11
HIGH xG
MTL3P 16:44Power Play
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki(19)
C · MTL · #14
WSH 2 - 5 MTL
0.60
HIGH xG
MTL3P 18:35Power Play
Jake Evans
71
Jake Evans(8)
C · MTL · #71
WSH 2 - 6 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
27/29 saves, .931 SV%, +1.8 GSAx
★2
Nick Suzuki
14
Nick Suzuki
C · MTL · #14
1G, 2A, 2 SOG
★3
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin
L · WSH · #8
2G, 6 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

WSHMTL
29Shots25
3.60xGF4.39
50.7CF%49.3
50FO%50
0/4PP0/3
20Hits13
13Blocks12
15Giveaways16
4Takeaways3
8PIM10

Period Breakdown

PeriodWSH SOGMTL SOGWSH xGMTL xG
1st950.820.98
2nd971.581.25
3rd971.212.16
Total27193.614.39

Penalties

9 TOTAL
1P 06:06
WSH
Brandon Duhaimeroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Kirby Dach
1P 08:24
MTL
Mike Mathesonholding (2 min)
Drawn by Brandon Duhaime
2P 10:09
WSH
Ryan Leonardroughing-removing-opponents-helmet (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
2P 17:17
MTL
Brendan Gallagherslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Declan Chisholm
3P 06:00
WSH
Nic Dowdcross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Kirby Dach
3P 06:00
MTL
Kirby Dachroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Nic Dowd
3P 07:51
MTL
Noah Dobsontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Pierre-Luc Dubois
3P 13:33
WSH
Connor McMichaelholding (2 min)
Drawn by Ivan Demidov
3P 17:37
MTL
Alexandre Carrierholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Brandon Duhaime